And so the 2014 year is well underway peeps and what an amazing year already for earth birth changes - wild storms in the northern hemisphere - extreme heat waves in the southern hemisphere and in Oz the line from McKellars poem, "of droughts and flooding rains" all makes complete sense lol.

One can see the early signs of the predicted ice age looming in the northern hemisphere with the annual winter storms getting worse each year and blanketing more and more of the land mass up there, along with Arctic Vortexes being sucked into the mid west - go figure and if all the pundits are right that will kick off properly in 2017 and again I am glad I live where I live.

The changes that are unfolding in my life continue to accelerate with the usual knocks and bangs associated with such movement lol. Last time this happened about 15 years ago - within the space of about a year I had broken 7 bones in my ankle, 2 bones in my arm, had various body bits removed etc and then as my path settled so did my body!



With the changes unfolding since I reconnected with old Vajra - the Tibetan Buddhist trained monk who now shares the house with me - I have shattered the bones in my wrist and arm and now have plates and screws inserted, have had a tumour cut out of my hand, have moved house [wonderful], have cracked my ribs and now wrestling with a lung infection and I need to find a way to listen to my unconscious mind properly - so it does not need to get my attention in this way lol. I actually know what to do but am quite resistant to it although I don't think I will have much choice in the matter at this stage.

It is very entertaining sharing the house with Old Vajra as I am also sharing it with all the channeled entities that travel with him. And they pop in at any time lol. The other morning I was out mopping the front verandah in my pyjamas at about 7.30 am, when the old boy trots out and sits down and pats the seat next to him [a sure sign 'someone' wants to chat about something] and next thing I am in a dialogue with an ascended master who is pointing out the vagaries of my health issues and what I need to do next to allow for the next level of awakening and is clearly completely aware of everything about me and the issues I wrestle with, discussing them in intricate detail and with deadly accuracy about my resistance etc.

All of this makes perfect sense of course and has indeed kick started a new regime for me - but really guys can it wait until I am out of my PJ's and had my breakfast?



Clearly not - but this is cool - I am getting used to it - it is just as likely to happen at midnight too - although then we tend to encounter very large, primordial energies who explain how this earth simulation was created and why and what went wrong and what needs to happen now to change things and what to expect in the future and what we need to do on a personal level to accelerate all of this lol! Never a dull moment in this reality lol.

The house is truly humming now however and we had a wonderful awakening of it all back on Australia Day. As part of the house warming and for the feng shui of the house - we had about 35 people all marching through the building banging drums [including the massive mother drum], shaking rattles, yelling and singing to 'wake up' this old house that will turn 100 next year. Very entertaining and it sure shook the foundations! Was great fun to see all the little children getting right into it and banging away on drums and such!!

Interestingly a smell that had been here since we moved in and had put down to some ancient cat wee or something, that had us mopping the place with peppermint oil and other attempts to move it - disappeared completely that day and so clearly belonged to an old energy that has now been moved along!



The Feng Shui and Dealing with your Saboteur workshop we did was great fun and everyone learned how to maximise the good energies for the year of the wood horse and how to neutralise the negative ones with much tears and laughter before it was all over and there were many people in Adelaide wearing red and bowling oranges in through their front door on the 1st of February to ensure abundance flows their way this year. We are planning to do more of these this year about romance, business, how to energise your life with magic feng shui tips with the next one on May 11 - follow the links below.

Weaving the Web - The Desert Journey for Women - has again been postponed due to health issues however we will be running it but now most likely in spring again. Due to where we are going - timing the weather cycle for minimum extreme weather is important so watch this space as the programme developed for this with the many ladies who will be helping is really amazing and will facilitate great change and freedom in the women attending - there has been a lot of prep also come through with the channeled feminine ones to help boost this so when it does finally kick off - it will seriously rock - and I have come to accept that the timing of these things is in the hands of whatever is out there. Between all health issues it has simply not been possible to do it at prescribed times however this too shall pass.

This event is no longer called a Vision Quest for while there will be elements of that journey in it - it is going to be so much more besides.There will be more information below but suffice it to say that if you are female - ready to lift off in your own personal journey to match the energies coming through to the planet now? Then keep this wonderful event in mind - for we are going on a serious adventure when it - finally - happens.

The New Moon and Full Moon Meditations with the channeled ones, that have replaced the sweat lodge for the time being, are simply amazing!!

Each month we are still working with the energies that are available astrologically and energetically and already the flow has begun in this and we are taken each session through a powerful ritual and initiation into preparedness for the Earth birth changes that are upon us as a species and on the planet as a whole - some of the feed back from peeps attending is very entertaining and people are just being blown away by where they are being journeyed to within themselves - very, very healing and awakening.

The month of April is completely mental astrologically - a once in a generation line up as some astrologers are calling it. Its what we came for it seems and there will be much more about this in Cosmic Connections below.

So have a great month everyone - try not to watch too much television - it is designed to depress you [and from this moment on I would like to be known as Dame Prudence lol - ridiculous twits]


 

Weaving the Web
A Desert Journey for Women
A Journey to the Land to discover the Bone Seed


 
Weaving the Web - A Woman's Journey - is a powerful experience taking place in the Flinders Ranges in South Australia.

We will be taking a select number of women deep into the landscape of their inner planes to encounter some of the primordial energies that dwell within and that direct a lot of what you do in the world from the subconscious mind.

This will be done in a landscape remarkable in its stark geographic age and history and while it is still coming in to being it will be worth the wait!

The new age that began with the Earth crossing the disc of this beautiful Milky Way Galaxy from one side to the other on the 21-12-12 - leaving the sleeping masculine yuga to the waking feminine yuga, also known as entering the age of Aquarius - is all about the return of the power of the Feminine. 

To the Earth, to every woman and every man upon the Earth - for awakening and remembrance of love, the greater good of all and an end to the brutal repression of most of the human species and all of the animal species upon this beautiful planet.


To this end we must awaken her within ourselves, we must meet all facets of it and allow them expression - from the diabolical to the divine - for these energies have been suppressed for far too long and in giving them voice - we give them freedom and thus give freedom to ourselves - to be fully responsible for who and how we are in the world - to be a victim of circumstance no longer - to rise and take our place in our families, our communities and our larger world - becoming and bringing the change we want to see in the world!!

So this wonderful desert sojourn will be held in spring at dates to be set and will involve weaving the threads of your ancestry and life into an empowered new you as you dive deeply into the inner planes of existence to encounter all that has been kept in the dark - both diabolical and divine - and then to ignite the fire that brings balance to the divine energies of the perfect balance of yin and yang within - for it is only from this place of harmony and power within shall you see it reflected in the world.


Utililsing the power of a weeks preparation prior to going - the power of ritual and ceremony - the creative awakening through art therapy and shamanic tools - drumming and dancing - masks and body paint - sacred bathing - so shall we discover what is hidden but always there - so shall we allow the divine to rise and reach perfect balance within - so shall we write a new story for a new world - one in which Women have come home to themselves!!

http://thrivebydesign.eventbrite.com
 
Whole Being Healing - [Harmonic Convergent Vibrational Healing]




There is a technique for healing that is beyond transpersonal counseling, beyond psychotherapy, beyond mindfulness and cognitive change, beyond behavioral challenges. This has flowed from experiments with sound in the recent past but also many years of gently playing with this that in a way is all now coming together.



We all carry things that have accumulated within us both genetically and over life times. Things that erupt in our lives in patterns of familiarity ( not this again!!) and in patterns of pain. As the veil is thinning and we are evolving more and more of this is ‘bleeding’ through into our current existence for healing.

Anxiety, guilt, shame, inadequacy, powerlessness, frustration, rage, resentment, loss, grief and despair.......

Utilising deep emotional release, personal connection with your own Higher Self, body mapping, hands on balancing of the fields around you and harmonic sound – this process reaches you deeply at the heart, mind, body and soul aspects of your reality in a profoundly healing way!

This work has grown out of many years of work in psychiatry and mental health, Psychodynamic and Lomi Lomi bodywork, Harmonic Overtones, Shamanic Practice, Transpersonal Counseling and Art Therapy – amongst many things in my life time of learning and unfolding.

This process follows the pattern of pain around the body, then takes it to the core emotion of that pain and using joint toning, ancient instruments of vibrational healing, ancient words of harmonic power, intent and symbology – a process is set up of a vibrational movement in which nothing that is disharmonious to the system can reside within.

Testimonials


 

“it felt as though layers of light and healing were being built up around me – I was in my body but also not and I felt hollow and yet incredibly grounded”

“I feel amazingly light and my whole body seemed to be vibrating – there were places that got hot or heavy and then it would just melt away”

“I had a vision of many lives as a healer, and paying a price for those lives and of of that falling away as I existed under this bell of light and vibration and none of it mattered any more”

 "It was a series of amazing "aha" moments - from my very first breath I could see how this pain was created and then repeated over and again - it was very powerful - and very healing"



"There was a powerful sense of a whole tribe of ancient women filling me up and lifting me up and I was flowing with them”

“I feel lighter – my head is empty – I was told that I can trust my life!”

” A very intense feeling in my chest and throat – amazing as it melted away and then at the end my third eye seemed to explode as I disappeared and then it all regathered, coming back in slivers and rejoined with new information for me”

“I went back to the beginning of time and picked up the clay that I was made with and I remade my self and then found myself standing outside my body while you worked with my [deceased] mother watching you – so peaceful”

Contact me at prue.blackmore@thrivebydesign.com.au or via http://www.facebook.com/thrivebydesign to come and experience this remarkable process.


WHAT'S COMING UP



Feng Shui for Health, Wealth and Happiness for 2014 will be held on May 10th and will involve Julie Machel [who has studied with Lillian Too for the past 25 years] presenting the Feng Shui information below to be followed by Transpersonal and Shamanic techniques for moving resistance to these changes out of the system - for although we all want these things to happen and want to be abundant in all that we do there are very real parts of the Psyche that will sabotage that change and potential - absolutely - until we address them lol.

Julie Machell and Carolyn Mounce, experienced Feng Shui Practioner’s, trained by Lillian Too in Kula Lumpur, will step you through the simple charts and basic principles used by Feng Shui master’s to create Health, Wealth and Happiness in order to achieve a successful life.

There will be an over view of the basic Feng Shui principles, charts and formula’s to help you calculate your most auspicious personal locations. The discussion considers the major schools of feng shui:  landscape, eight mansions, compass and flying stars.
We will demonstrate how artworks, symbols and plants can be arranged in the garden, home or office to help you increase your success and prosperity. So click on the link below to book your place and get in early as places are limited xx

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/feng-shui-for-health-wealth-and-happiness-tickets-11127840671




Wesak Festival - On May the 15th this year is the Wesak Full Moon and a very powerful full moon it is - we will be holding space for this in a venue yet to be discovered and will be inviting all to attend for a minimal cost for a full blown Tibetan Buddhist Ceremony for this and a meditation with St Germaine and whom ever else arrives lol.

This is a powerful time of year when the great energies of the east and west come together for the enlightenment of mankind.
 
The Energy to Gautama Buddha from the East comes together in the closest spiritual union with the Christ Consciousness of the West to develop love, wisdom and awakening within the minds of humanity.
 
This occurs each year at this full moon under the sign of Taurus – the eye of the bull and under the full moon itself in Scorpio.
 
TAURUS – I see and when the eye is opened, all is illuminated
 
SCORPIO – Warrior I am and from the battle I emerge triumphant.
 
This is a blessing for the world – Buddha custodian and Christ recipient and from there transmitted to all of humanity.
 
We welcome this energy to bathe us all, to uplift us, transform and initiate us. We ask that the blessings of this moon and Wesak flow to us throughout this ceremony and flow into this bowl of water in the wheel so that when we drink of it in the morning we receive its blessing in the body itself – the temple of the soul


 
When the sun enters Taurus at this time a great stream of light charges humanity and we experience the opening of our third eye – the eye of the bull
Insight deepens, new values are seen, visions and meanings in life unfold and our whole life and relationships are illuminated.
The light in this constellation is the penetrating light of the path.
This allows contact with the highest fire within you, with the fire of spirit and with the center where all things are known.

This is the time in which opportunity is given to you to expand your consciousness and enter into a new level of divine awareness.
Here our being is filled with energies from the source of all, which supports us during which time we are absorbed in our inner divinity.


 
The moon in Scorpio allows us to come out of Maya and deception. Here we must conquer the love of illusive phenomena and cease deceiving ourselves. We must set our will to give up our attachment to the false self, the drama and then we may use this energy of Scorpio for spiritual advancement.

This is the energy of the warrior and the battle is waged upon the field of the personality, upon the fields of the body, emotion and mind. This is the time to register great victories upon our own natures.

 We are always triumphant here if we set our intention will and desire  for there is a wave in the ocean of our lives which always keeps us up.

The light that shines on this path is called the light of day. The full power of the Inner Self, the Soul shines on the path and in that light we walk as the triumphant Warrior



 So on this afternoon and evening there will be ceremony, chanting and meditation to maximise the benefits of this sacred time for all of us and the planet

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/wesak-festival-and-meditation-tickets-11128007169



The workshop for Shamanic and Sound Healing is coming together well and will now be offered in July 12th and 13th - 2014

This exciting workshop will teach you how to enter your client's spiritual landscape and meet them as their Totemic being - their medicine - their connection with Spirit nature and how to navigate that landscape in the service of the client - and this will also incorporated powerful sound techniques for healing - setting up a vibrational field in which  nothing that is disharmonious to the client may remain within.



When any part of the Human system is out of balance - it is important to look at the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual aspects of what is going on along with the map of the world of which they are a part.

Then by entering the client's landscape - their stream of consciousness - the practitioner learns how to enter the stream of alternate possibilities, moving by being still - a foot in both worlds. A transformative process occurs within this from binding to freedom - from passivity and non movement to energy and movement.

When balance is restored in this landscape - so then does this healing flow out into the life of the client in the here and now.

I will be co-facilitating this workshop with Tim Healy from The Western Most Omastry - who has been working with sound healing for over 20 years and is an amazing teacher and practitioner!

I am sooo looking forward to this one and follow the link at
 https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/shamanic-bodywork-and-sound-healing-tickets-11127908875
to book your place and register!!



The New Moon and Full Moon meditations are growing and far exceed anything I could have imagined when they replaced the sweat lodges for this coming year. There will be more information on these below however places remain limited at the moment and so it is useful to book early if you wish to partake in these extraordinary journeys with the 'travelers' or channeled entities that come through to facilitate powerful growth.

The Monday Meditation groups are growing in depth and awareness as each time we meet we are taken through deeper layers of initiatory processes that awaken us on the inner plane - so that we may grow and manifest in the outer plane. There will be an intensive later this year with the core group in which this process will be profoundly deepened.

The Tuesday Meditation group is growing also and in some ways I find these even more powerful than the evolving ones as some really amazing and unexpected energies move into the space that we don't normally meet and take us to the most amazing depths of being - I am always blown away when it happens and you never know what is going to turn up - let me know if you want to come along to these as there are still places available but you will need to book!



In June we will also be reviving the Circle of Love group for Kids - especially the new kids on the block lol - in which they will learn new tools for working out what is theirs and what is not, how to deal with both, how to understand what is not working in this world and how to detach from other peoples' world views and stay grounded in themselves. We will also be getting them to meditate with some of the amazing household travelers - thus learning new skills about who they are and how to remember that!! More info coming soon about this and how to register!



Later this year their will be intensives with Vajra and his Travelers to help everyone free themselves from old outmoded and ancient patterns of feeling and relating that are no longer relevant and in fact not even ours - they are old genetic patterns and need releasing - they simply induce emotional baths that are addictive and destructive and it is time for these rackety ways of being to be got rid of lol
 

Cosmic Connections



Stars for April 2014 - what a cracker of a month!
 
The financial nightmare that began when Pluto entered Capricorn in 2008 and the social and political upheaval that have commenced [like the Arab Spring] that have unfolded since Uranus entered war like Aries in 2010 – shall simply escalate this year.

This was all added to at then end of last year with Jupiter turning retro in November, Saturn is half way through the journey with Scorpio and Mars has entered Libra – all to ramp things up further.




This completes in March and April with the exact forming of the highly explosive and chaotic Grand Cross in the Cardinal signs between Mars, Jupiter, Uranus and Pluto!!

Because Mars will be retro in Libra, thus hanging around in there for much longer than it's usual 2 month transition [and often a great portent for war] and because Pluto is squared by Mars while also retro – this is a deadly combination – and lies with the very negative squares and oppositions of Jupiter and Uranus – then all hell can seriously break loose.
 
So here we are [since Dec 7] in the forming of the grand cross and this chaotic period is exacerbated [as mentioned] by Mars going retro in Libra where it will remain until July 26^th.

Because of the grand cross forming you may feel quite conflicted by differing motivations and ideas and it may seem very confusing or downright empty when you go to do things and this is not a great way to start the transitions coming in this energy – but set your intentions well and just be flexible – trust that things are even less predictable than usual.


The Grand Cross is exact from March to May and we will have two strong eclipses in April just to add to the fire of the mix.

The world is preparing for major change and there will be much upheaval on the global stage as we move through this transformational year.

The Cardinal Grand Cross will fall in the 13th degree of the [cardinal] signs of Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn and this degree is connected to the balance of power changing in the world. Uranus in Aries, Jupiter in Cancer, Mars in Libra and Pluto in Capricorn - all within one degree of each other - creating a tension that will not go away.



Remember too that squares are powerfully connected to the weather and the tension in this one is quite capable of producing some severe storms due to its personal configurations. Other kinds of natural disasters are highlighted too in this weather - seismic activity that can produce volcanic, tidal, land slip and other issues for the globe to wrestle with.

The month begins with the energy of the black new moon in Aries on March 30th.

This black moon in Aries has things rumbling away in us – a bit like a volcano really and this is a good day to plant seeds for the changes that are coming – will you have them or will they have you – for coming they are. April is possibly the most volatile month seen in a generation and as this moon leads into the Full Moon in Libra Lunar eclipse on April 15^th – then pay attention to the seeds that are required in relationships.

There will be a tension between cutting the deadwood out of your life – where do you need to claim your independence and where you attenuate with others for the good of all.

Autumn and winter are coming here in the Southern Water based Feminine Hemisphere however Aries is also the beginning sign of the Zodiac year and so the wonderful energies of Aries will facilitate you having flashes of inspiration and the courage to act on them, however you may have yet to clear some of the deadwood out of the way.

Pay attention to your thoughts at this moon – only contemplate that which you desire – do not let your thoughts go to the dark for there will be plenty enough of that this month and thoughts are powerful – we create our reality absolutely with them – for the transformational time ahead let them be clear!



With both a Lunar eclipse as outlined and then a Solar Eclipse in Taurus on the 29^th April brings a rush of intensity to all things happening global and personal and will bring into your conscious awareness all things relationship [with yourself and others] that are here for change.

This is a very powerful Moon as it is the instigator of the month that also includes the Cardinal Grand Cross – part of which is another Uranus – Pluto hit!

This is seriously going to push your life forward in strange and unexpected ways so the more you can work with this – stay calm in the face of what ever comes this month – the better equipped you will be to shake off the dust at the end and keep going.

The old patterns, the old ways of communicating, reacting, feeling and thinking are here to be shed. Very few of us dwell in the present – there are karmic wounds that keep us dwelling in the past of this life or life times ago – much to our detriment. An event occurs and there we are – dealing with it as we did an aeon ago.



All of it has value and has served you – neither good nor bad, neither right nor wrong – all a step in the evolutionary path however the old iron age of Pisces is dying. The antagonistic way of the fish swimming against each other is being replaced by the water bearer of Aquarius pouring insights into the collective now.
 
Whilst this has been building steadily for years now – this coming month of April is certainly one of the flash points for growth and all the line ups point to a tense and explosive kind of growth – the magma has been steadily building pressure in the volcano and now the cap is about to be blown off. No regrets – no blame – it is just now time for freedom and the personal responsibility that goes with that.
 
You will see this reflected in the world this month – there will be much turmoil, collapse of institutions of church and state and finance. It all begins this month and will continue for about 18 months. It is all seriously ok however for these institutions have simply fed the have’s at the expense of the ‘have nots’ – they are soulless entities who exist only for maintaining the status quo so it is quite appropriate they go.

For anything that is devoid of the collective awareness – of spirit – has no place in the future life. It will not yield – that much is clear, so that only leaves one option. And from the chaos and mud a new lotus shall emerge lol.
 
This Moon will provide the Oomph we need to open the heart, to bring about changes we may never have considered before – doing it in the old way will simply bring more of the same. This Aries moon frees us from the shackles of the belief that we are not enough, not worthy, not capable to become ourselves. It will provide possibilities of regeneration and transformation – to embrace who we really are.
 


And as with all new moons use it to sweep clean the house – do this physically as well as mentally and emotionally. Clean your house, open the windows this Sunday – smudge – throw away that which you have not worn for a year or 10 lol.

Be aware that people [including us] can become quite zealous with this energy and again we are likely to see this played out in the world as well as our families. Be cautious here and seek wiser counsel – particularly from a mother figure or female elder in your life – this is most appropriate for the month of April as the feminine is what is returning for this age and the alignments this month point to the elder feminine being the one most aware. This may actually help you become more independent of old patterns that bind you.

For things will change this month – relationships, living arrangements, careers or anything else that has kept us bound and what is triggered ahead for the month of April will ensure you get what you need for change – not necessarily what you desire! It truly is a new cycle beginning.

So a beautiful and simple ritual if you are unable to make the meditation on the Sunday night at 7pm is as follows.
Take a red candle – from the centre of it coat it with olive oil or coconut oil from the centre to the top and then from the centre to the bottom. This magnetises it powerfully for what you want it to do.



Carve your name into one side of it – and then a word or two on the other side that represents what changes you seek – this can be symbolic also.

Then write on a piece of paper what you wish to release – light the candle and then light the paper which becomes a funeral pyre of what you are releasing and as you look up and see the new lunar crescent that sends the light of renewal and trust – write another list of what you want to achieve this month – using words like useful anger, constructive changes, respectful power, assertive accomplishment, positive resourcefulness – you get the picture – to formulate powerful change.
 
And then as we enter April proper – the Grand Cardinal Cross of April to June unfolds and we shall see a wide variety of geo-political crises that are the hall mark of this configuration as demonstrated over and again when they have formed in the past. Certainly it feeds into the most volatile time we have witnessed on the planet in the past few decades.



This energy is likely to produce acts of terrorism, seismic shifts and wild weather and a likely escalation of some regional conflict spilling over the borders.

These planets of change are all in cardinal signs and this means something happening – absolute action. Because they are all in such tension at 13 degrees it will be quite unpredictable and one will barely have one’s head around some chaos or conflict when another will emerge, then another. The economy may not fare well at all under these alignments either – triggered by a crisis somewhere on the globe.



This is all happening personally too – who here is currently dwelling in any kind of comfort zone lol? You know it is real – everyone is talking about the pressure within and without.

You will have a pretty clear idea about now re what is needing to crack open in your own life. Remember that resistance is useless and the more you do that – the greater the pain will be – surrender and let go. A lot of people around the world will be doing that by the way – the rising of the people is coming – ‘occupy’ has barely begun and they are not happy lol.

I am quite glad to be going nowhere for the next little while and again I am glad we live here in Oz and would encourage anyone contemplating a non urgent trip overseas to maybe wait a while lol. And avoid large and unruly crowds for awhile – potential for explosiveness is high lol.

Dionysus [Pluto] is rising folks and you know what he did for the feminine and what he did to the walled city state and the Promethean [Uranus] Gift of the fire from the gods [who after all were created in our image lol] shall indeed burn through the dross!



This truly is a transpersonal energy within and without and look to your own chart to see where these planets sit and at what degree and anyone with points or positions near 13 degrees of Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn ought pay attention. And where normally Mars in Libra would play diplomat – because it is retrograding it will only add to the conflicting energy.

And on the 15^th we will have a total Lunar Eclipse in Libra. This rising energy will be influenced by the series of eclipses that follow on April 29^th, October 8^th and 23^rd of this year. All lending themselves to increases in what ever gyrating unpredictability occurs in markets, weather, geo-political struggles and revolutions that will tear down institutions that can finally be seen for what they are.



Governments are likely to appear frozen and powerless – which in truth they are anyway for they serve the corporation not the citizen – and the high pace of technological and interestingly pharmaceutical [read personally programmed mind altering] change will add to the seeming chaos.

As this Full Moon Eclipse is in Libra of course it emphasizes relationships. Eclipses shine the light in the dark – allowing things to be seen that are not normally so – emotions will be heightened and old ideas that no longer work exposed to make way for transformation.

They will have been on the cards for awhile these relationship changes and now may just happen – be mindful – you will not be the only one affected and what you do to others you ultimately do to yourself so look to your chart to see where you are affected and stay focused on the north node of the moon in your chart – it is where you are heading after all lol.



Balance and harmony matter here – this is the end of a 19 year eclipse cycle so what is going on may well be reflected by where you were and what was going on for you then. Before you throw relationships away – ask your self first – what can I do to improve them – there will be a strong desire to simply up and run with these energies and this may be something you come to seriously regret further down the track.

Eclipses can also mean loss so if something needs to go then let it go gracefully – learn what you need to learn from this and then move forward.

At this same time the Grand Cross is reforming and you will feel pulled in a million directions – hard. What ever you decide – let your spiritual practice guide you for this is the life you are moving towards. Where ever you have felt trapped, stagnant, imprisoned and have not been able to see your way out of – will with this eclipse – suddenly have a surprising outcome and that which held you tight will surprise you with the ease by which it can melt away at this time.

Just to add to all this cheer you will find the south node of the moon in Aries along with the Sun and Mercury [rebellion, breaking free the chains, driving force, innovative thinking, fiery honesty] directly oppositional to Moon, north node and Mars [group resolution, co-operation, sensuality] and so the whole month – depending on your own chart – will be explosive but whether that is a penny bunger or a Krakatoa for you personally remains to be seen.


Remember as doors close – so do they open – what ever needs to be released it is only to make room for the next step of your journey – some of this will be more painful than others depending on whether you are initiating it or not however what ever door opens for you have the courage to step through and trust the universe.

The polarities between yin and yang – masculine and feminine – materialism and spirituality – individual and group – truth and lies - will continue to rise after this until we come to the New Moon Annular Solar Eclipse [particularly over Oz and Antarctica] on the 29^th April in Taurus.

These eclipses bring new energies into motion so all that has been sown will now flood out into the world. This is part of a series influenced by Neptune and so will dissolve and release as well – this may mean a sudden and powerful loss of a treasured something or someone or an unfulfilled promise or wasted resources. What ever comes just go with the flow.

Because it is in Taurus all the things we value are up for grabs including our personal security of family and loved ones and as a fixed sign does not like to let go but a South Node Solar eclipse here will just as likely force the issue – something we may not like to see ending will end and look to the south node in your chart currently to see what this is likely to be and where you may need to re-evaluate your position.

As this is conjunct to Mercury in the same sign it means we can deal with this effectively and as it trines Pluto we can guarantee transformation out of what ever comes and this will be sudden and not too painful – a bit like pulling a bandaid off – better done suddenly lol.


Saturn in the picture as well [in tough Scorpio] will allow us to review all this with a fairly jaundiced eye about what is real here and what is truthfully in our best interests and so the answers you need will be apparent whether you like them or not of course is up to you.

Mars aligned with Venus here will bring more of the spotlight onto relationships. You know what they say about Mars and Venus – war and peace – so this will add to the volatility and instability in relationships over the next 6 months which may in fact be the icing on the cake for some of them – personal, business or intra-psychic lol.



The fixed star relationships in this eclipse are also interesting and again highlight the Feminine principles of intuition and compassion – maternal strength with dignity for all. It will be curious to see if we get a new world leader who is female during the next 6 months or whether the issues of what is happening to women in the world take center stage for some reason! Long overdue if so lol.

The changes coming can be so complete that within 6 months from now you may look back on this time here currently as something out of a dream. And then as Jupiter powers towards Leo you will approach your new life with enthusiasm and a light heart.

But first we must navigate through them. The tension will build over the Cardinal [action] aspects over May and June also so it is really important to stay Zen – what ever turns up.
For review!

10 April 2014 - Mercury heads N in declination
14 April 2014 - Pluto stations retrograde
15 April 2014 - New Moon and Lunar Eclipse at 25-Libra
 
20 April 2014 - Jupiter squares Uranus
20 Apr 2014 - Jupiter opposes Pluto
21 Apr 2014 - 5th Uranus square Pluto, exact aspect
 
20-23 April - Strong cardinal transits

The Eostre [Goddess of Fertility – rabbits and eggs – oestrogen etc- despite the bullshit of the patriarchal religion wanna be’s lol] week  of April 2014 is highlighted for much of the cardinal crisis energies. 



We are at a tipping point folks – no more no less and as explained before, the world and each of us individually will appear to be lurching from one crisis to another as we dance around the cardinal configuration of the planets and because of the unfavourable aspects we will indeed be Unable to resolve some of these things - so again the admonition is to stay Zen and wait.

Do this personally as it certainly is unlikely to happen out there in the world – quite the opposite as those in “power” begin to realise they have no power at all – never did – and will do everything they can to hang on to their status quo lol.
 
The Uranus-Pluto world squares will bring about more revolutionary sentiments, violence and disruption that forces the status quo into what I consider to be suicidal attempts to regain 'control,'as the status quo is actually losing power.
Again I would be leery of being overseas too much during this cycle – there are some places you may not wish to get stuck in lol.

As one reviews previous alignments like this we can certainly expect an upsurge in counter cultural activity, the drive for personal freedom including in what have appeared to be stable democracies [there may be hope for the wizards of oz yet lol] and we shall see increasingly extreme measures taken by the corporate toadies against the citizenry of their own nations – we should all adopt Iceland’s attitude I say lol
 
So hang onto your hats, enjoy the ride [and remember it is all just a ride lol] and remember you came here for this lol!!!

 

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