| Rebel-rousing Pluto going into Capricorn on November | | | | be. Following the rules, i.e. don't try to get away with |
| 26th is a sign that people will rebel against the status | | | | anything. A bad time to get caught! Being |
| quo, and the status quo will push back hard, and this is | | | | forward-looking; don't look back on the past with |
| happening all over the world right now. Our | | | | regret. And this December, don't overdo. Heed your |
| governments and social structures are in for huge | | | | inner rhythms for the best timing in creative projects or |
| changes in the coming years. Combined with Uranus | | | | anything else. |
| going direct within the same day, these planetary | | | | Watch Out:Not everyone is going to be looking |
| aspects signal that volatility, extreme behavior and | | | | forward, and don't try to drag anyone to the |
| abrupt change is up ahead--a preview of 2009. The | | | | Renaissance Party if they don't want to go, it'll just |
| aspects suggest big earthquakes affecting big cities, | | | | slow you down. And, due to the comprehensive |
| too. And right on cue with the November 13th , 2008 | | | | destruction of old structures going on, you could get |
| New Year's Day in the Mayan calendar system, the | | | | caught in a crossfire if you don't observe the omens |
| world got a burst of hope and light, just like their | | | | around you. There are dangerous neighborhoods, |
| anciently- themed year predicts, when consciousness | | | | people in trouble, people looking for trouble--some |
| surpasses technology". Barack Obama was elected | | | | people prefer to stay in the shade and if anyone |
| president, and overnight on November 5th, the world | | | | seems shady, steer clear to avoid negative |
| became a more hopeful, connected, caring place. | | | | consequences--you could be appalled at what can |
| There's another surprisingly positive development in | | | | happen now. Also, there is much destruction in this |
| December 2008: The heart, and all it stands for, | | | | cycle of rebirth--it takes a lot of tearing down for the |
| moves into the center of peoples' lives...the hearts of | | | | big building projects of now. Right now the auto |
| many people open. Peoples' connection to their spiritual | | | | industry is on trial, wanting to keep things in place, |
| nature grows greatly. | | | | continue with the creative product of their time, but it |
| So, the omens are that there is both a lot of bloodshed | | | | keeps things too small, it is too tight a pattern for The |
| up ahead, and a lot of hopeful developments--it will be | | | | Now's explosive expansiveness. |
| a year of extremes. Today in the Santa Fe New | | | | The Speaking Stones: Reading #1: Our collective |
| Mexican, the headline is about algae as a new cheap | | | | direction honors above all, an explosion of creativity up |
| viable source of energy, and an article about scientists | | | | ahead that is on a global level, and it is trying to make |
| in Michigan coming up with a revolutionary way to | | | | a beeline for that. But there are a lot of factions that |
| produce energy from still water. Buckminster Fuller, | | | | want things done legally about all the stuff from the |
| inventor of the geodesic dome, scoffed at the | | | | past, and not being able to let go of the past makes |
| Scarcity Principle, that people ever had to go hungry | | | | for a lot of "stuff" to get through first. |
| anywhere...he thought people could create their way | | | | ...but then.... |
| out of anything. Scarcity was something manufactured, | | | | Reading #2: What's left out of this stone design for the |
| political--and that's the theme of the Mayan year that | | | | year is The Past. It is not a time much in relation to the |
| just ended on November 12th, 2008...this last year is | | | | past. Its foundation is dynamic, and the structure is not |
| called "the end of manufactured lack." "Consciousness | | | | determinable...mystery is stalking the final |
| surpasses technology" suggests that through | | | | stabilization...and what is in the center and generating |
| collaboration, new inventions and the raising of our | | | | the future success is creativity: Creativity is being given |
| collective consciousness, we'll go and grow in | | | | free rein...with a focus on education, nurturing, and the |
| unexpected new directions, connecting on higher levels. | | | | development of skills and talents. There's a big focus |
| In honor of the stupendously astute Mayan calendar, | | | | on talent and skill. The development of our collective |
| this month's messages will be for the Mayan year | | | | communication skills and willingness to solve problems |
| ahead, ending November 7, 2009. First, a little | | | | together grows. |
| background about the Mayans and the Mayan | | | | Psychic Messages for the Astrological Signs by |
| calendar, from the book, "It's About Time" by by | | | | Element |
| Deborah DeLuca Hall, PhD.: "We aren't taught much in | | | | Fire signs (Aries, Leo, Sagittarius): The fire signs hear |
| typical American education about the Maya, however | | | | the voices of the world, are very pulled by the world |
| they had an incredibly advanced civilization before the | | | | and what's going on in it, and may feel unusually called |
| arrival of Europeans. They created cities with millions | | | | upon to serve. They have a chance to demonstrate |
| of citizens. They created elegant and highly perfected | | | | their knowledge and use what they know. It's important |
| art, architecture, astronomy and social organizations. | | | | that they work with their knowledge, not trying to build |
| Theirs was possibly one of the greatest of the ancient | | | | the way to deliver it or any other structure, but just |
| civilizations. They calculated planetary cycles with | | | | deliver their knowledge or work on acquiring their |
| incredible precision. They built monuments and cities | | | | knowledge and not worrying how they're going to |
| unequaled in our own time. Their interest in cosmology | | | | package it. Progression towards success: Fire signs will |
| and spiritual development is unequalled by any of the | | | | first be about being comfortable where they are, and |
| "ancient" civilizations that we usually study like Egypt | | | | getting things comfortable where they feel good about |
| and Greece." | | | | where they've got their stuff, where they've got their |
| The Mayan calendar cycle ending December 21, 2012: | | | | body, and then there's a huge creative burst once |
| "The cycle most referred to by archaeologists and | | | | they've got things squared away and they are |
| anthropologists is the "Long Count". It begins about the | | | | comfortable with the foundation of things-- and then |
| time that recorded writing was established...and we | | | | Wow, Super Creative! Key creative concepts: |
| hear a lot about its end. You may have read that the | | | | transformation; forward movement. |
| end of the Long Count predicts the end of the world - | | | | Happy Birthday Sagittarius! This year, if you decide to |
| physically. No information I have suggests this to be the | | | | go off on your own, it's because you will be guided to |
| case, so if that is what you wanted to hear, then you | | | | do that...it will be a confident move backed by your |
| probably don't want to read further. According to the | | | | heart's knowledge. No matter what, it looks like your |
| Mayan elders, this count-down is to the end of one | | | | financial prospects are solid and growing--this can be |
| more era of human evolution. There have been others, | | | | through positioning yourself better, new partnerships, |
| a concept familiar to students of the Christian Bible | | | | and others' favorable view of view. Prospects are |
| literature. And it hails the BEGINNING of yet another | | | | good as well for improving your health and maintaining |
| era which will start in Year Cero...So one way to look | | | | supportive relationships. |
| at it, is that this calendar of the Maya may just simply | | | | Water signs (Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces):It's a very |
| be describing creation of increasing levels of human | | | | complicated path this year that leads to a peaceful |
| consciousness." | | | | state, involving many internal shifts, but you do get to |
| Predictions for the Mayan New Year 11/13/08-11/07/09 | | | | the place where you feel at peace and happy. You're |
| This 2008 year when consciousness surpasses | | | | very much helped by new information and new |
| technology is also known as the Sixth Day in the | | | | technology. There's a lot of grace to this year, a lot of |
| Mayan calendar cycle. There have been other Sixth | | | | changes but they are smooth or there's an order or a |
| Day years in history, and they turn out to be the | | | | sense of orderliness, and you do make it to a |
| grooviest times of all! The last one was the '60's, with | | | | comfortable place. This year you are dealing more |
| the flower children, free love, and the Beatles. The | | | | with what you do know, with what is already on the |
| European Renaissance was a Sixth Day year. | | | | table--rather than with unknowns that disrupt things. In |
| Another Sixth Day year corresponds to "the invention | | | | other words, your work is cut out for you. |
| of tools, and first attempts at agriculture and building | | | | Air signs (Gemini, Libra, Aquarius: This year one thing |
| shelter". | | | | should matter a lot more than everything else, and you |
| Big improvements and interesting developments will | | | | should feel very clear and sure of something that you |
| happen now...expect a Renaissance! | | | | want, and much might be sacrificed for it, in that you |
| Consciousness Surpasses Technology: This | | | | have a fairly singular vision. Yet this is the when to be |
| Renaissance year promises to be among other things, | | | | bold--this is the time to have the courage to give what |
| the perfectly natural time to make what you are | | | | you want what it needs to manifest. |
| passionate about, your priority. It's a response to life | | | | Earth signs (Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn): The earth signs |
| the world needs--as Philosopher Harold Thurman | | | | have great graces, changes, and tests. They have a |
| wrote: "Don't ask yourself what the world needs -- ask | | | | chance to use their skills and talents in new ways, get |
| yourself what makes you come alive, and then go do | | | | aligned with new principles, and it's easier to start over |
| it. Because what the world needs is people who have | | | | than they might expect. The wheels are greased for |
| come alive." Unleash your passion! Some people will be | | | | transformation, things move very fast, there's no |
| ready to do that, and some will be intent on finding their | | | | reason to try to stabilize and worry about security, it's |
| passion. The forces to connect people to creative lives | | | | a year to change--their security is formed by changing. |
| were never stronger. Be open and trusting you will | | | | Extra Earth sign divination, kind of cryptic at first (new |
| meet with success. | | | | method of getting info!): "Connections, Connections, |
| Message from the mountains of New Mexico: "We | | | | Connections! Surprises, fast talking...boom! |
| used to be the sea...under the sea. We were very | | | | Opportunities." You are much better equipped to put |
| afraid of That Other Element, the Air...but those of us | | | | new things on the table. Your skills, talents and |
| who ventured into the air were the ones that survived | | | | organization are improved. A good year to get a |
| the transition. Those survived who were forward | | | | "machine" going around your ambitions, a delivery |
| looking, willing to accept their environment, and do the | | | | system--you find a way to get your product or |
| best in it." (This did used to be a sea, one can find | | | | message out. Bringing out new talents is at the |
| shells in the hills around Santa Fe, NM.) | | | | foundation of your life. |
| What Works: Telling the truth, and letting other people | | | | |