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For those of us living in the USA, it's been a tumultuous week. And for those outside the US, one where maybe you asked yourself, what on Earth is going on??? Reading this week's articles and astrological columns may help shed some light on the energies that are percolating in the US.
Sarah Varcas in "The Supermoon and Black Moon Lilith" tells us about the choices that face us at this time. And we have felt it during this week... swinging perhaps from outraged indignation to holier than thou attitudes and feelings (whichever side of the political "divide" we found ourselves on). Yet, the most important thing to keep in focus is, to quote Sarah, "use this powerful time to nurture desires which will enhance our insight, increase our peace and serve a greater good".
The goal is, as Alejandro Jodorowsky in "Healing Our Family Tree and Unfolding Our Full Capabilities and Talents", to no longer act as “having” a family but as “being” a family, which can transform into a completely healthy society, even humanity.
Sara Savant Stover, in "Leaving Your "Normal" Life and Becoming Your Own Heroine", reminds us that "We come to know our true potential through opening to whatever life offers us — the good, the bad, and the ugly. The Chinese character for crisis includes those for both danger and opportunity."
Helene Segura while speaking about the brain and time management (in "Your Brain is Your Secret Weapon") makes a point that applies to more than time efficiency and that is: "It’s important to understand that you can’t be on autopilot. You must be conscious, aware, intentional, present, cognizant — whichever term you prefer to use — regarding your decisions..."
So this week, and all the weeks to come, it is important for us to not fall back in old familial patterns, and not succumb to the old archetypes, and rather, forge our own path based on our deepest values and visions. While there may be a lot taking place to make us doubt the power of love and of keeping our heart open, this is what we must do. Not bury our head in the sand, not zone-out and block it all out, but with our heart open ask our inner guidance what we need to do. Read "Use Your IGS To Move From Fear, Anxiety, Stress, and Reaction" for assistance in keeping that focus and attaining clarity.
The other article by Sarah Varcas "Mars in Aquarius: We Are the Battleground!" as well as Pam Younghans regular "Astrological Journal for the Week" can also give us perspective on the energies that surround us and rise from within us at this time. Pam speaks of "the polarities of complexity vs. simplicity, drama vs. peace, willingness to see into the darkness vs. only wanting to see beauty, and the discomfort of deep change vs. the comfort of familiarity."
I will close with another paragraph from Pam's column:
"Whatever our individual opinions and judgments may be at this time, it is clear that our job now is to elevate how we express our own instinctive reactions, and to allow our responses to inspire us from this point forward -- whether that new expression is some form of social activism for those who feel that calling, a new commitment to treat others with compassion and tolerance, or a new dedication to holding the energies of higher love and light for those who feel their greatest gift is their intention and energy field."
Wishing you enjoyable insightful reading, and of course a wonder-full, joy-full, and loving week.
Marie T. Russell
editor/publisher,
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"New Attitudes...New Possibilities"
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EDITOR'S CHOICE ARTICLES
Use Your IGS To Move From Fear, Anxiety, Stress, and Reaction
Written by Zen Cryar DeBrücke
Mahatma Gandhi once instructed his devotees to “be the change you wish to see in the world.” His point was: don’t identify the problems of the world and kvetch over the shortcomings of humanity. He advocated instead actively embodying the higher qualities of being...
Read article here: Use Your IGS To Move From Fear, Anxiety, Stress, and Reaction
Mars in Aquarius: We Are the Battleground!
Written by Sarah Varcas
While Mars enters Uranian realms and Uranus travels through Mars-ruled Aries, these two powerhouse planets join forces to wake us up and keep us moving whether we like it or not! Mars in Aquarius demands that we act in the interests of the whole, not the individual self.
Read article here: Mars in Aquarius: We Are the Battleground!
Your Brain is Your Secret Weapon
Written by Helene Segura
What is the key to organization and productivity? I can tell you that there are no shopping lists involved. There’s not an inventory of tools or supplies to purchase. No containers. No apps.
Read article here: Your Brain is Your Secret Weapon
Leaving Your "Normal" Life and Becoming Your Own Heroine
Written by Sara Avant Stover
We come to know our true potential through opening to whatever life offers us — the good, the bad, and the ugly. The Chinese character for crisis includes those for both danger and opportunity. Birth and death, joy and sorrow, gain and loss, success and failure — these are all partners. You can never have one without the other.
Read article here: Leaving Your "Normal" Life and Becoming Your Own Heroine
Healing Our Family Tree and Unfolding Our Full Capabilities and Talents
Written by Alejandro Jodorowsky
We frequently feel cut off from our clan of origin at some given moment during our work on the self. In discovering our true nature, we will also discover at what point the family ignored and neglected us. When undergoing the abuse, we feel like an orphan, yet the fruit and the tree are still joined by bonds of obvious or underlying love.
Read article here: Healing Our Family Tree and Unfolding Our Full Capabilities and Talents
The Supermoon and Black Moon Lilith: Choosing Greed or Greater Good
Written by Sarah Varcas
What we actually make of a supermoon is up to us. We can allow ourselves to be consumed with greed and stubbornly pursue our desires even when not in our best interests. Or we can use this powerful time to nurture desires which will enhance our insight, increase our peace and serve a greater good.
Read article here: The Supermoon and Black Moon Lilith: Choosing Greed or Greater Good
Astrological Journal for the Week
Written by Pam Younghans
This weekly column (updated every Sunday afternoon) is based on planetary influences, and offers perspectives and insights to assist you in making the best use of current energies... Read more
It is also highly beneficial to reread the past week's astrological journal as it gives a hindsight view of the events that took place and may provide many "ah-ha" insights.
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