Astrology for the Week of December 14, 2009

The theme for this week is Shaman’s Death from the Sacred Path Cards (Sams, 1990). This is very appropriate, as Saturn is still square Pluto. Saturn represents the restrictions in your life while Pluto represents regeneration. The prayer for Shaman’s Death is:

Grandfather
I do ask for death,
For the parts of me,
That will not hear,
Alternatively, speak the truth
Which are too blind to see.

Grandmother
Give me birth again
With love as my guide
Truth and beauty as my path,
With nothing left to hide (Sams, 1990)

The Shaman’s Death represents death and rebirth and this is something your soul yearns for. Before rebirth can happen, the old outdated, repressing, restricting areas of your life must be examined and let go of. You are in the middle of a cycle of life that is exciting and terrifying at the same time. Trust that you are where you are supposed to be even though it does not make sense at times and watch the new life unfold.

December 14: The Sun is square Uranus. This creates a powerful energy for change. You can experience it in two ways. The first is feeling powerful and full of energy. Remember that everything is energy, including money. Use the energy to manifest what you want. The second way to experience this energy is to find your world crashing down. This will happen if you have been resisting making the changes that you should. Examine why you are afraid to move forward. Sometimes the pain of what you know is easier to bear than gambling on an unknown future. If you are supposed to move forward, the Universe will only let you stay in that limiting pattern for so long. If you do not take the step forward, Uranus will do it for you. You will feel as if the rug was pulled out from under you. So, follow your inner guidance and go forward now.

December 16 is a New Moon in Sagittarius. Sagittarius represents higher knowledge, spirituality, travel and expansion. The New Moon represents new beginnings. The Sabian symbol for the New Moon is, "A chubby boy on a hobby horse.” You are the child on the hobbyhorse. You have been pretending for some time. This is how manifestation begins. However, it is time to move beyond the hobbyhorse and to live your dream for real. It is time to be the dream.

December 17 is a wonderful day for relationships as Venus will be trine Mars. Feel the love all around you and bask in the creative flow.

December 19: Venus square Uranus, which will challenge the relationship harmony. This ends the 2 days of bliss and now it is time to get rid of what isn’t working in your relationships. What changes need to be made so that you can experience relationship harmony all the time?

On December 20, Mars goes retrograde. This happens every 18 months. This is a good time to examine how you will use your energy. As I said, everything is energy and we create everything. How can you learn to use the energy for what you want and not what you do not want? This is what you will be learning the next few months while Mars is retrograde. Today, Venus is sextile Jupiter, which will give you creative insights on how to do that.

The cards that I pulled for this week are:

Healing Card: A cheerful expression brings joy to the heart, and good news gives health to the bones. Here is the task: Be the bearer of only good news today. In living out this task, note whether you find it difficult to maintain. And if so, discover why within yourself.

Have Confidence: This card means to have confidence that you can attract what you want and need. It does not mean that you have to have confidence that you can do it by yourself (ego). Helen Schucman who wrote “A Course in Miracles,” did not believe to her dying day that she actually channeled all that information. She truly did not know how it was done. So, stop trying to figure out how to do everything and let your soul guide you. That is where you will find the miracles.

Pipe: The Pipe represents prayer and inner peace. Pipe medicine is the result of finding balance within one’s self. Inner conflict is what causes pain. Inner conflict is that which is projected out into your world. To bring peace to the world, inner peace must be perfected first. You can begin to find balance by being non-judgmental about yourself.

The moon is void of course this week:
December 16: 4:03 am - 2:32 pm PST
December 18: 1:08 pm – December 19: 2:39 am PST

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