The ruler of your High­er Mind, the Spir­i­tu­al Dri­ver, the Divine Impe­tus to your greater Indi­vid­u­a­tion and Freer Self-Expres­sion, the Lord Uranus turns ret­ro­grade for five months. From now until Decem­ber 13, you should turn with Uranus and move with those Mind-born ener­gies, tak­ing them inward, deep­er so you may root out those lim­its you made for your­self, those self-cast shad­ows which have hereto­fore held you in thrall to your less­er, more doubt­ing and fear­ful self.

Uranus rules your capac­i­ty to move beyond the con­di­tioned self, to reveal the inner glo­ry of your high­er con­scious­ness, car­ried by your high­er self. It is always there, your “Genius” with­in, but your low­er mind’s bound­ed­ness, its pre-occu­pa­tions and prej­u­dices block that inner voice of wis­dom from lift­ing you up into those clear­er path­ways, so that you might walk those ancient aisles in your tem­ple of truth.

Where­as Uranus mov­ing for­ward helps to estab­lish those clear­er path­ways for you and oth­ers to find your self-real­iza­tions with one anoth­er out­ward­ly, by and through your mutu­al growth through one anoth­er as you cre­ate freer spaces for self-realization.…Uranus ret­ro­grade is for you!

Uranus ret­ro­grade is your time to jour­ney with­in, so that you may cre­ate those clear­er path­ways with­in yourself…and espe­cial­ly to estab­lish, strength­en and extend that numi­nous bridge between your freer, High­er Mind and your low­er consciousness.

Uranus, the Awak­en­er is turn­ing for you!

Uranus, the First of the Three Emissaries…Turning now to bring you inward…

Uranus bestows upon you, the won­drous gift, the Quick­en­ing of your Mind…

He shines his super­nal light upon the path­way to your Self…

Now lit by his bril­liant dia­mond rays.…

You move clos­er to the cross­ing point…

Between your dark­ness and the Light…

You move into the Greater Understanding…

To Know Thy­self, to become the Becoming…

You embrace and are always embraced…

You were, are and will always be…

Free!

Your year divides, into four quarters…four cor­ners to square this cir­cle of life. At each cor­ner there stands a sign of begin­ning, for each sea­son a start­ing line. At Spring and Fall you find a bal­ance, you poised upon that equinox­al line…where the bright­ness of day meets the dark­ness of night as equals…

But at Win­ter and Sum­mer you find the extreme, you can­not go any further…and you must turn and move towards the oth­er, for there is no oth­er way…You find your­self at a turn­ing and you must acknowl­edge, the cur­rent has turned, the tide will ebb and you must turn too…

Now at this Can­cer moment, at this Burn­ing Bright, this Sum­mer moment that is root­ed in your devo­tion to the per­son­al, to the home, to the fam­i­ly, it is all for your per­son­al pri­vate life. It is pre­cise­ly now that you must turn and acknowl­edge that you are part of some­thing greater too…that you have a duty and respon­si­bil­i­ty to some­thing beyond yourself…because you are part of some­thing greater than just this that is so very close and dear.

So you watch this ris­ing Moon with won­der, you con­sid­er what lies beyond the near at hand, the com­fort­able and familiar…You feel the pull of that larg­er life, the greater sto­ry yet to be told…You must pre­pare your­self, make secure these foun­da­tions upon which you stand…for you will have need of them upon the path ahead…

The Full Moon of Capri­corn reminds you now…

That you must bow your head and bend your knee,

To pre­pare for what is call­ing you now…

For you have your part in a greater work too…

And Win­ter is coming!

Well, it’s about time, that’s for sure!

Mars has been “stuck” in Vir­go since Novem­ber 2011! That is a very, very long time to be work­ing in that Earthy realm, hon­ing and refin­ing your sense of Order and Wellness…of per­fect­ing your sense of well-being.

All in all, it was a won­der­ful oppor­tu­ni­ty to con­sid­er that one true path­way, the one noble road that leads to your greater Peace of Mind!

Now what?

Well after that jour­ney of dis­cov­ery, adjust­ment and prepa­ra­tion, after going with­in and mak­ing your­self ready for what comes next…Now you get to take it “out there” and see what you have been prepar­ing for…

You have made your­self ready, oh yes you have, but for what? Why, for a bet­ter way of relating…Now you make your way out­ward to pre­pare for a bet­ter rela­tion­ship life!

Mars will move through Libra (rela­tion­ship) now until the last week of August. Here you must work with the plan­et that rules self-asser­tion and desire, and bend it through that bal­anced beam of Airy under­stand­ing so that Mars finds his way to con­sid­er the oth­er in order to find yourself. 

Mars in Libra is about the fight for fair­ness, the dri­ve for equal­i­ty and the restora­tion of jus­tice. Mars in Libra fights for Beau­ty and Truth, but nev­er alone…for here the path to self is through the oth­er, with the beloved, strid­ing hand in hand to make a bet­ter world.

Mars in Libra calls upon you now…

To join together…as you were meant to be.…

To make sacred your com­mon cause…in this jour­ney now…

For you cre­ate togeth­er the won­der of wonders…

Yes, you are ready…you are ready for We!

It’s about time, but you are ready now…yes, it is time, time to turn your love life around…yes it is time…

Venus has been ret­ro­grade for 6 weeks and you have had your oppor­tu­ni­ties to look with­in and consider…to con­sid­er what you have and what you need (and maybe what you want too). You have dug deep into your­self to con­sid­er your self-worth, to accept and affirm your uncon­di­tion­al love for yourself…for this must come before you can offer this gift to your beloved.

You have reviewed, exam­ined and re-con­nect­ed to those val­ues that are true and last­ing for you, the very val­ues that make life mean­ing­ful to you. These val­ues are what you would tru­ly wish to share and enjoy with another…In fact, they are the very sub­stance of what binds you to each other…For they are the tan­gi­ble real­i­ties that you form into your “Love”, they are the sub­stan­tial real­i­ty that brings and keeps your hearts together…

For six weeks, you have sought to find your way to your heart, the way to your soul…Now you are ready, you come to this won­der­ful time…The meet­ing of heart with heart, of soul to soul made pos­si­ble by the knowl­edge that you are valu­able because you are val­ued, you are love­able because you are love.

Yes, it is time to love again…

Yes, it is time to be togeth­er again…

Yes, it is time…

For Venus…For Love!

Well, that was fast…Mercury zipped through Gem­i­ni and Can­cer in just over 4 weeks! Now he enters the realm of the Lion where he will stay for over 2 months! Wow, that is a very long time in one sign…what is going on here?

Well, of course you prob­a­bly guessed it, Mer­cury is slow­ing down and get­ting ready for his next ret­ro­grade cycle, which begins on July 14 and runs until August 8. As a result, Mer­cury will stay in Leo from June 25 until August 31…So…you had bet­ter get ready for an extend­ed trip through the world of Leo-Mindedness!

While Mer­cury was in Can­cer, your thoughts were cen­tered upon your need for greater secu­ri­ty, your mind wan­dered through those echoes, those mem­o­ries of home as you found your­self dwelling upon your ever present need to be nur­tured and nur­tur­ing. You felt the pull, a draw­ing down into a re-con­nec­tion with your roots…you felt whole again and you were able to build your thoughts upon more true, sol­id and mean­ing­ful foundations…

Now you are com­ing from that hom­ing-time, from that more cen­tered place.…Now it is time to move out again, your mind is pre­pared to stretch itself in Leo…Now your mind is back in Fire, back in the realm of Ideals and it is your time to shine again! It is time to “show off” and daz­zle the room with your gift for mak­ing your point while wow­ing them too! For Mer­cury in Leo is cen­tered upon your Cre­ative spirit…this is when your mind needs to show what it can do…

For as much as you felt drawn inward, to find­ing secu­ri­ty in Can­cer, now you seek some form of out­ward con­fir­ma­tion, you need to be appre­ci­at­ed, hon­ored and loved…you need to have your designs, words and deeds to be met with the roar of the crowd, with the stand­ing ovation…This is your time to get Respect!

But there­in lies your challenge…If you approach the per­for­mance with too much appro­ba­tion, with too much need for approval (and it is not forth­com­ing), well you could be dev­as­tat­ed by that lack of approval from anoth­er (even though you just exe­cut­ed a mas­ter­piece). Or, you might ere on the side of over-compensation…if you come in with an “atti­tude”, with your ego “front and cen­ter”, you could lose your audi­ence before you’ve even started…You could under­whelm or over­whelm and fail to hit the mark and grab the prize…

The chal­lenge, as always, lies within…You must work on your self-approval, to have a belief in your own worth for oth­ers to rec­og­nize it too. If you go out “need­ing” it, des­per­ate­ly long­ing for that approval, (because you real­ly doubt your­self), well life is going to show you that you need to go back to your draw­ing board and fix yourself…For you must love your­self if you wished to be Loved.

Like­wise, if you find that “your way” is to push, shove and demand the spot­light because you “deserve it”…Oh boy, you should know that that kind of hubris is just beg­ging your dear friend neme­sis to show up and spoil your show. Life, kar­ma, again steers you back upon the mid­dle path of self-respect that is per­fect­ly found and bal­anced by your respect and appre­ci­a­tion, but most of all, by your love for every oth­er too.

The Lord of Mind is tak­ing you on an extend­ed trip…

He is Draw­ing you to your Greater Destiny.…

Mer­cury, the mes­sen­ger, ever seeks to remind you of your Truth…

That you are a Star…

Meant to be Burn­ing Bright…

You, One of count­less Ones…

In a com­pa­ny of Light!

Shine On!