Word Ponder: LEAPING

WORD PONDER

LEAPING

It’s that time again as the calendar date of the 29th February falls into our Universal Year, when here we are, all contemplating about taking leaps in our lives. While most may think this is a fabulous time to “jump” into something new, our star secrets highly recommend that age-old expression, “Look before you leap.”

In response to being interviewed by the Berkshire Eagle, about what it all means to initiate something new in the life upon the every 4 year possibility of the 29th February, we find that the energy of this date always brings with it not so much of a leaping tendency. “It’s a good day for everyone to sit and be a little quiet and have a good listen, because you may get some very interesting messages.”

Why is would this be so? Looking to the 29th, we find Grace Under Pressure to be the karmic path of this date, governed by the Moon through the singular 2. With the receptive and sensitive emotional side of things at play, this calendar date within any given month gravitates to taking a reflective state and trying out a little bit of nurturing before taking any action, especially whenever a pressurized situation may surface within the life. Hence the ancient Chaldeans understanding of responding with grace, and keep the feelings in check here.

Whenever we have an extra day in February every 4 years, we will always see this to fall under a Pisces Sun. Here again, is a water-guided energy like the 2, but now we have dreamy Neptune in the mix. While a communicative Fish is always known to be on the move, this date of initiation always will ask of the native to mirror how our Rumi wisely knew what it is ultimately necessary to have a good listen, “Be silent, like the fish.”

Certainly, within the Moon and Neptune combination of this rare date, you will always find it swirling in the contemplation of mystery, spirituality, psychic ties, and intuition. A great imagination equally is the outcome of anything born to a 29 February beginning. Entities capturing this planetary channel from above down here below will be quite the chicken soup for anyone’s soul, innately “know” things, and have some sort of sympathetic and healing way they are here to assist humanity through their pains.

This date typically falls under a 9 or 10 degree Pisces Sun. So, on those off years when celebrating the Solar Return (birthday/anniversary) it is always recommended to consult with your astrologer on whether the 28 February or 01 March would be the better date to ring in another “New Year.” Some people will claim, oh, you are only “so old,” because you don’t have the “real” birthday aligning numerically from year to year, but because of Astrology, you do experience a Solar Return whether we are in a current Leap Year or not.

Looking to the Current Personal Year Cycle as any soul or entity evolves with a 29 February star map, one would calculate this in the very same fashion, year to year. 29 February 2012 marks the entrance into the 9 Current Personal Year, where in, an entire 9-year cycle is coming to a close. All the conclusions, finalizations, and space that will be made in the months ahead until 2013, will make the necessary room for new beginnings to flourish in the life in one years time. 2011 was a year of the 8’s harvest, in where much reward, recognition, and reaping was the result of the seeds planted 7 years prior.

Back to taking those leaps. While all our 29 February babies will certainly experiencing a fine “to the 9’s” year ahead, it is really 2013, that certainly will engage them in some true leaping like they have not seen in quite some time. As far as how the collective can reap reward upon this calendar date, let’s look to the Name Expression of Leaping which has some added advise about taking caution where this action is concerned.

When we speak of Leaping we are calling upon the 26, the Chaldeans understanding of Partnerships which states, “This compound number vibrates, in a strange way, to a unique kind of power, based on compassion and unselfishness, with the ability to help others, but not always the Self. 26 is full of contradictions. It warns of dangers, disappointments, and failure, especially regarding the ambitions, brought about through bad advice, association with others, and unhappy partnerships of all kinds. The person is counseled to avoid partnerships and pursue the career alone, not heeding even the well-intentioned advice of others, but follow only the personal hunches and intuition- although these should be carefully examined for flaws before acting on them.”

Thus, heeding to “Look before you leap,” isn’t too bad an option to choose here. As the 26 reduces to 8, guess who is in charge whenever “leaping” is going on? Our favorite planet of fatherly wisdom, Karmic Saturn. While life can talk endlessly about taking risks and “betting” on them to work out in our favors, when it comes to “leaping” into faith, from Numerology’s perspective, you better cross your T’s and dot your I’s first. Saturn will always advise, go slow to receive your solid and genuine gains in life, for these are all the more worth it when stability and responsibility is adhered to.

As we take a last look at Lexigrams, one may not think there is too much to say from a short word like leaping. But never underestimate a short word. The anagrams we can derive here can still be poetically phrased into some sound advice that we all can benefit from. You’ll find you may have to open your mind just slight to recognize, when engaging in leaping for long-term success, it is best to be prepared.

LEAPING

IN A LIE, I LEAP IN PAIN
I LEAP IN PAIN, I IN A LEGAL AIL GAIN
IN A LIE I LEAP, I PLEA IN A PAIN IN A GAP
I ALIGN IN A PLAN, I GAIN IN AN AGE
I LEAN IN AN ANGEL ANGLE IN A LEAP, I GAIN
IN AN AGILE LEAN, I LEAP IN A GAIN
I NAIL A LEAP IN AN AGILE ANGEL GAIN I GEL IN

Preparing for Mercury’s Reflection

“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” ~Charles Darwin

Yes Dear Stars, we have our first Mercury Retrograde passage of 2012 coming up in March. The approach to this offering for reflection from our Messenger planet began 26 February. So, even though Mercury doesn’t start until 12 March to not look where he is going for a few weeks until 04 April, (traveling backwards from 06 degrees Aries back to 23 degrees Pisces), it is best we all take a glance ahead so we are completely aware of how to not let Mercury Retrograde control us when it arrives, but how we can be in ultimate control of it.

Some pretty heavy things are going to surround this upcoming Mercury Retrograde, especially as Mercury will repeatedly journey back and forth over the tipping point between Aries and Pisces, for starters. No matter what planet we may be examining, when they cross over the very last degree, (the 29th of any sign before entering the 0 degree of the next), there are always intensities around. Think of the concept of death and rebirth. This is what the tipping point is all about, where true transformation unfolds in this very same way.

So, we have a Mercury Retrograde passage that is about to do this. Not only will Mercury cross over this tipping point of 29 deg Pisces/0 deg Aries moving forward 02 March, it crosses back over it 23 March going retrograde. Then, under the shadow period, it will be moving forward over it once more 16 April. Mercury’s upcoming journey takes him through the conclusion of the Zodiac to transform to the beginning of it –then transform back to the end- and then transform back to the beginning. Sound confusing? Can you only imagine being our Messenger planet?

While the majority of people in the USA have seen a more than mild winter, get ready -as Mercury wavers between the last sign of it and that of Spring- for a mix of things to unfold in the realms of precipitation and other things weather related. Being a Mercury Retrograde passage can be guaranteed to expect the unexpected when it comes to what comes from Mother Nature, this particular passage has an extra-added surprise. Another planet -that always promises to expect the unexpected- Uranus, will be one that Mercury conjuncts 3 times over our first Retrograde of 2012.

Remember the devastating earthquake in Japan in 2011? This occurred as Uranus -the planet who governs over earthquakes- was on the “tipping point” the very same one that we are going to watch Mercury now waver over, of 29 degrees Pisces/0 degrees Aries. Uranus today, is only at 03 degrees of Aries, and will reach 06 degrees during our Messenger’s entire journey. Mercury conjuncts Uranus moving forward 05 March, going backwards 17 March, and moving forward again 22 April, when the shadow of this Retrograde passage completes.

When you take a planet like Mercury who governs our communications, thinking, travel and its’ mechanisms, mentalities, (virtually anything in life that is responsible for movement), place him in Retrograde over the tipping point of the end and beginning of the Zodiac, while making 3 conjunctions to a planet like Uranus already throwing out surprises in Aries: we all better get ready to adapt accordingly.

St. Patrick’s Day is an especially important date to note. In case you didn’t already know, Mars, is also in the ongoing Retrograde planet mix over in Virgo. Mars Retrograde will just be coming off an inconjunct to Mercury Retrograde, which sets up quite the ill-flow of planetary energies from above down here below. Aggressive, quarrelsome, sharp-tongued and argumentative energies are all the more apt to implode. People are easy to jump to rash conclusions. Aside from the normal caution when driving or doing anything under Mercury’s backward phase, let’s just say, if you choose to over-indulge for the “luck of the Irish” you may find this doesn’t turn out to be so lucky of a choice.

It will be extremely imperative to hold off for the future from 08 March to 22 March, as we will be in a waning phase (our monthly passage of the Moon’s reflection) as well from our Lunar perspective. While the typical rules of the entire Mercury Retrograde passage say nothing should go out into the world or be signed into being that one wishes to see long-term success with, you’ll see people go on ahead unawares and do it anyway. Like we said about toasting too much to the luck of the Irish this year. You’ve been warned.

While the whole world is best to prepare for a true period of reflection, rest, reassess and relax for the majority of March and as we start April; the USA, by numbers, is set to see a ton of things dynamically end within March in a 9 Personal Month. These conclusions, ultimately set up the space for new understandings and beginnings as April emerges. With Uranus already in the area of home/family for the US, we can continue be expectant of the unexpected upon our own soil. When Mercury enters the mix, this wavers over the 3rd/4th house cusp for the US- basically meaning, we are going to see quite a few things alter our thinking and our sense of home/family.

As the nation still circulates in a 6 personal year which is asking us to find compassion, harmony and see both sides of the issues, preparation is in motion for the 7 year that “sharpens the inner saw” of the USA as a whole. If America’s society can start to learn, recognize and accept how to be comfortable with their own ambiguity for starters, then we’ll be on the right track to continue to heal our HEART in reflection to how we are all in the very same LOVE to EVOLVE upon this EARTH.

More to come on what the upcoming Mercury Retrograde personally will mean for you. In the meantime, be cautious of planning for the future from 12 March to 04 April. Be in aware that all activities from 26 February through 12 March, are included in its’ approach, and all the time to smooth out the waves of change it will bring, will come from 04 April to 22 April within the shadow period. It is truly time -as we progress further into the ever-changing stirs of 2012- to be prepared to adapt more than ever before.

We close with a few words from the Lexigram wise. As always, as we look with the poetic phrasing of the anagrams derived from the subject at hand, we have all the correct answers as to how to know its’ truth, and how best to proceed.

MERCURY RETROGRADE

DAY TO DAY, GREET YOUR URGE TODAY:
 GOT TO REDO, GOT TO RETRACE

GOT TO REROUTE YOUR GAME

GOT TO RECREATE TO REORDER

GOT TO RE-EDUCATE
GOT TO GO TO A GREAT ART

GO TO A GREAT COMEDY
GO REDECORATE

GO READ, TRY A REREAD

GO DO YOGA

GO EMERGE, RECORD A RARE DREAM

GO MEET A TAME COURAGE

GOT TO REDUCE OUR TERROR

GOT TO REDUCE A RUMOR

GO TO REGARD TO REDUCE A REGRET

GO! TRY TO AGREE- GO TO A TRUCE

GO MEET A TRUE EGO CURE: TRADE OUTRAGE TO GRACE

TRADE OUTRAGE TO A COURAGE REMEDY

GO TO A MERCY TO CURE A GREEDY EGO

GO GREET A MORE MATURE AREA

GOT TO A REMOTE AREA TO MEET A GREAT REMEDY

GO TO A GOD- ADORE YOU!

Happy REcreating Dear Stars.

Word Ponder: COASTING

What’s Really in a Word:

COASTING

Life presents each and every human being with the divine opportunity to engage in the action of coasting. As we journey through a world that is constantly demanding more from us, we are all wise to take up with this rewarding activity to be able to keep up with the magnificent pace. Comparing this practice with whatever car you may drive as a standard or an automatic, learning to coast can be a very conservative and simple choice for innate gifts to find us within.What does a word like coasting have to share with us? With a Name Expression of the Chaldean’s understanding of the 27, The Sceptre, it is packed full of interesting insight that we can absorb as we all take the foot off the gas in our lives.

The Chaldeans’s saw The Sceptre’s 27 to mean: “This is an excellent, harmonious and fortunate number of courage and power, with a touch of enchantment. It blesses the person or entity it represents with a promise of authority and command. It guarantees that great rewards will come from the productive labors, the intellect, and the imagination. All of these creative faculties have sown good seeds which are to reap a rich harvest. People or entities represented by the 27 should always carry out their own original plans and ideas, and not be intimidated or influenced by the diverse opinions or opposition of others.”

How apropos when your life deserves a passage of coasting that these are the gifts that can emerge as blessings. As you decide to put things in neutral -just like driving any car, when your foot is not on the gas- you can better listen to your inner productive labors, intellect, and by all means the magic gains from imagination. The creative nature equally is favored to emerge any time we choose to be engaged in coasting, rather than be in any gear. Here, in the gentleness of being, original ideas are birthed. There is absolutely no reason to be intimidated, influenced or opposed by anyone, because you are in control to still steer your wheel as you align in your own personal courage. What enchanting power indeed. Like the engine of your car, tune in to how you idle, and hear the humming.

Taking a deeper look at the two ciphers composing the 27, there are such pleasures that come from the understanding of how these interact. With both being water guided and receptive channels of energy -as we embrace the Moon’s reflection through 2 and Neptune’s psychic ties through the 7- the intuition and knowing from time in solitude is amazing to behold. Like coasting -which opens the door to listening to an inner voice- the innate gifts of the 2 and 7 point the soul to imagination, nurturing, sensitivity, mystery, spirituality and sympathy.

Taking necessary coasting time to sharpen ourselves, then allows the outward energies of the 2 + 7 = 9 to emerge through Mars’s request for courage and independence as we pioneer within. However it is sharp to be aware if any conflict or aggression tries to invade us –we are not meant to reflect it, just simply as we coast, steer ourselves away from it. When the inner voice is fully awake, it is amazing what distractions and negativity we can avoid. As we all currently circulate through a Mars Retrograde that began 23 January and concludes 13 April, trying on a bit of “throwing it in neutral” within the Virgo area of our lives is truly a fantastic practice. Equally, the first Mercury Retrograde that will transit from 12 March to 04 April will require the same exact energy to embrace adaptability for ultimate success.


Lexigrams lend the final piece of being in the know that coasting is sure a wise choice to make friends with in our lives as it deems appropriate. As we look to the anagrams that can be derived from it, and spiral them into poetic phrases; we are granted more clues to let this word serve us and recognize how valid it can be to optimizing our life.

COASTING

AS I COAST, I GO ON IN NO GAS TO GAIN
I CAN GAIN IN NO GAS, AS I SIT IN A “NO GO ACTION”
I CAN ACT IN AN AGNOSTIC GO, AS I GO ON
AS I SIT AS A SAINT, I GO IN GNOSTIC GAINS
I TANGO IN NO ANTICS, NO STINGS, NO CONS AS I SIT IN STOIC GAINS
AS I SIT IN NO ACTION, I CAST AN AGO COAT TO COIN IN
AS I SIT, I GO IN GIANT GIANT GAINS IN NO ACTION
AS I SIT IN SONIC GAINS, I GO ON IN GIANT ACTIONS IN TONS
AS I SING A SONG TO AGO, A SIGN GO INTO ACTION
IT SO A GIANT GAIN TO COAST AS A SAINT IN NO ACTION

2012: Embrace Spirit

More than likely you couldn’t be more excited that another Universal New Year has now officially begun. While there has been much speculation about what the world at large can anticipate about the turn of events to unfold in 2012, let’s take a look at what our dear planets from above say about the energies going on down here below.

2012 represents a 5 Universal Year in it’s presence, and is guided by our Messenger planet Mercury. Undoubtedly, you have already heard this year will be one of significant change. Indeed these are not rumors to be cast away lightly. But our changes, as they will display themselves, are certainly something any soul should not choose to fear.

As we all do as spiritual beings having our human experiences, we personally encounter Mercury and his 5 energy every 9 days, 9 months and 9 years. We share in not only our own individual and personal forecast as we flow in time with that of The Universe, but witness what occurs in the world’s experiences that affects the larger part of the entire whole.

On a collective level, humanity too, goes through 9 year cycles. Our last year of major changes was in 2003. Previous to that, 1994, 1985, 1976, 1967, 1958, 1949, 1940, 1931, 1922, 1913, and 1904 are all of the years throughout the last century that have represented years that changes to the masses on one significant level or another occurred within. Go back in history and see what links up here.

So, here we are again now amidst a collective year that promises to change the landscape of the world at large in a massive way. 5 is the midway point of any cycle of the 9. In the 5, as blossoming and change wish to occur, these all are stemming ideally from the new beginnings planted 4 years prior.

Looking back to 2008, this is a time that the collective first started the seeds which have completed their understanding of being nurtured (2009), then sprouted (2010), and have the depth of root and security (2011) to be able to permanently change from the foundation that has now been built. The platform is in place for real change and movement to unfold as 2012 progresses.

As we will be concluding 2012, October brings in a tremendous astrological shift from Saturn, the planet of karma, responsibility and patience as he will then enter the realms of transformational Scorpio. With the combination of a 5 Universal Year and this planetary alignment, you can be sure some of the most intense changes of the year come in the latter months of it.

In pure planetary “reversals” our planet of regeneration and change, Pluto, already has been reflecting on everything that will see it’s greatest shifts, as he has been slowly making changes upon the collective in the ambitions of Capricorn since November 2008. Undoubtedly, the last 3 months of 2012 are ones where shift truly come through as Pluto and Saturn see themselves in the sign the other one innately rules. Karmic changes indeed.

There is no better time to take a deep breath and be ready for the future. How -as a collective unit- will we be able to adapt and be versatile enough to accept the changes before us all? For whatever reasons, the very idea of EMBRACE SPIRIT came to mind as I asked myself this very question. When I went further to ponder the Name Expression of this phrase, I guess it didn’t surprise me too much that it ticked to the blessings of the 23, the Chaldean’s innate understanding of ‘The Royal Star of the Lion.’

Within this most fortunate 5 vibration, the 23 promises that by tapping into it, we can receive its’ wisdom. Of which the Chaldeans’ spoke of this numerological gift: “This is a karmic reward number. 23 bestows, not only a promise of success in personal and career endeavors, it guarantees help from superiors and protection from those in high places. It’s a most fortunate number, and greatly blesses with abundant grace the person or entity represented by it. Other numbers don’t have much of a chance to bring about serious trouble when the Royal Star of the Lion is present during difficult times. No number can challenge the Lion’s strength and win.”

Still a little antsy about the changes 2012 promises? By remembering to EMBRACE SPIRIT, there isn’t any doubt that when we look to one more star secrets treasure of the Lexigrams it can derive, we -in all of our human experiences as spiritual beings- will survive them and remain in our personal strength. As the letters within can be poetically phrased to tell the truth of the matter, who wouldn’t look forward to these Universal gifts in 2012?

EMBRACE SPIRIT

I AM A SMART SPIRIT MAP

I BE A PRIME PRECISE PRAISER

I REAP A RARE STREAM

I BE A SCEPTRE AS I BEAM


I SEE STAR SECRETS TRACE A CRITERIA I RESPECT

I CREATE A PRIME SPACE I BE BEST

I AIM AT A TAME PACE AS I BE

I PRESCRIBE A MERRIEST PACE AS I BE ME

I BE BEST AT A TEAM MERIT AS I CREATE ME

AS I PRAISE ME, I CREATE A RARE STREAM I REAP

AS I CREATE, I SEE A TEAM SPACE I RESPECT

AS I SEE TIME IS MITE, I BE SMARTER AT PEACE

I PERMIT PEACE AS ME PASTIME AS I ASPIRE

I AM A MASTER AT PEACE AS I RISE, RISE, RISE

Now, as always Dear Stars, I didn’t give you all the answers.

What do you see about the rewards of the practice of EMBRACE SPIRIT?

Happy, Happy Spirals of Change in Your 2012.
Namaste.

Word Ponder: RESOLUTIONS

Colourful 2014 in fiery sparklers
Bet now that the Christmas crunch is over, you are moving forward to think about how to bring better energy into your new year. What other way do we typically do this than decide to make some resolutions within our lives as we are about to enter 2014?When looking to the very word of resolutions, we see that it carries a name expression via Chaldean Numerology of the 46. Breaking it down to the 10’s The Wheel of Fortune, we find we are, when making them, at the very root number of the 1.

Certainly there is no coincidence in what the ancient Chaldeans understood about their number to letter match up system, which differs from the one that Pythagorean Numerology utilizes. As we know, anytime we take up with resolutions, we should be in the space of initiation, which is what the 1 wishes to create through its’ energy of new beginnings.

Yet sometimes, we all discover -as one may experience with carrying out those resolutions- that they don’t have much lasting power past February as the truest sense of those winter blues may surface. How can we set better intentions for ourselves when making improvements within our lives?

Looking to the 10 and The Wheel of Fortune’s guidance over knowing what we are dealing with within our resolutions, we can tap into this advice from our Chaldean friends:

“10 is symbolized by Isis and Osiris. A number of rise and fall, according to personal desire. Every event is self-determined. 10 is the symbol of LOve and LIght, which create all that can be imagined, and also contains the code: Imagine. 10 Ordain. Imagine it and it shall be. Ordain it and it will materialize. The power for manifesting creative concepts into reality is inherent, but must be used with wisdom, since the power for absolute creation contains the polarity power for absolute destruction. Self-discipline and infinite compassion must accompany the gift of the former to avoid the tragedy of the latter. Discipline must proceed Dominion.”

So, when making your resolutions for 2014, take some time to sit with the self and truly IMAGINE the possibilities! For then, your most certainly will be the one saying later on, I AM IN A MAGI GAIN. Then when you ORDAIN these into manifestation, you’ll be happily IN AN ADORN ON A ROAD IN NO RAIN by February.

We’ll also be ringing in the Universal New Year of 2014 amidst a Capricorn New Moon. Boy, are we all ever blessed with gathering from the astrological source of being completely responsible to our new beginnings as we equally let go of what no longer serves us to move forward and be ready to receive the dynamic changes that 2014 will offer to us all.

One more piece of star secrets wisdom on those resolutions comes from the makings of the very word itself. As we tap into some Lexigram magic, we can see how able the anagrams found within are ready to share their story with us in their poetic ways as they spell out the truth. Taking up with well-intended and imagined resolutions definitely will ordain some great food for your soul.

RESOLUTIONS

I LISTEN TO ONE SILENT SOUL
I UNITE IT IN ONE SOUL SOLUTION
I IS RESOLUTE TO RISE TO IT
SOULS UNITE IT IN ONE
I RE-ROUTE ROUTINES
I LET OUT LOSER LIE UNTIES
I LOSE LIES TO UNTIE IT, TO LOOSEN IT TRUE
I NOTE TRUE CORE OUTLINES
SUNRISE TO SUNSET I UNITE IT
I IS IN SURE SERIOUS RESULTS IN ONE SILENT LISTEN
I ORIENT IN TO TRUE SOUL LINE
I LISTEN IN TO OUR SOULS TRUE TUNE
I LET IN OUR SOULS’ TRUE SOURCE, OUR CORE
I LISTEN IN ONE SILENT SOURCE TO TIES SENT IN TEN: (ONE, 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 TEN!)
I LISTEN IN TO ONE SILENT SOUL: I SIT, I LET IT IN, I SIT IN IT.

Adding on the “New Year” as we all tend to do, takes our Lexigram wisdom to one more level:

NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS

YES I UNITE IT IN ONE REAL WISE SOUL ANSWER TO ANOINT IT IN ONE

I’ll let your Lexigram thinking cap take on the rest….

HAPPY Universal New Year 2014 Dear Stars.
Imagine and Ordain well.
Namaste.

Minding Mercury REtrograde in The Archer’s Aims

“As one, one, always one.
So what do I have to do to get you
to admit who is speaking?

Admit it and change everything!
This is your own voice echoing off the walls of God.”
~Rumi

Rx Begins: 2:19am EST 24 November @ 20 degrees Sag
Direct: 8:43pm EST 13 December @ 03 degrees Sag
Approach: Began 04 November-
The last day Mercury was at 03 deg Sagittarius

Shadow: Ends 01 January 2012-
The next time Mercury reaches 20 deg Sagittarius going Direct

First things first. It’s time for us all to remove our “fears” that are typically associated with this planetary transit. When approached with the right attitude, the very REwards from a Mercury REtrograde are ones that we are not meant to miss.

“Remember that planets do not “cause” anything. If instead we go back to the idea of “as above, so below” and think once more of a stage on which the planets are moving, then the times that Mercury, the master communicator and trickster, walks backward are simply extra tricky times. After all, the image of the jester walking backwards is suspicious, to say the least. What is he up to now? What is he backing away from? The already slippery nature of Mercury is even trickier to pin down during his retrograde days. During such days, he demands that we pay extra special attention to mercurial things. We can ignore this and be tricked and bamboozled. Mercury takes great pleasure in the fact that either way we are dealing with Mercury, voluntarily, or involuntarily.” ~Laurence Hillman, ‘Planets in Play’

Like sleep, this passage offers the proper time within our planetary cycles to recharge ourselves. Without these needed times the Universe schedules for redoing, reorganizing, and reflection- the collective would not move forward optimally. Being Mercury is the keeper of our thinking, mentality, communications and movement of all kinds, it is this part of ourselves that deserves a “tune-up.” (aside from any your car may request a repair for over this time 😉

By choosing to resist the changes that a transit like Mercury Retrograde presents for us, then that “scary” energy of The Messenger undoubtedly will happily find us toying with the tricks he plays. Your free will decides upon this “fate.” The key to achieving success under any Mercury Retrograde Period is to expect change, and embrace it. Knowing like attracts like, those that choose to become aggravated and frustrated by The Trickster over this passage, willingly jump on their own chaos train. Mercury doesn’t “do this” to anyone.

This time Mercury has picked Sagittarius to bring forth the necessary RE’s of REtrograde that are well advised to follow as we weather The Messengers’ final backwards journey of 2011. The IDEAS that come to you under your reflective time are meant to be a huge part of the REwards that aim in your life as AIDES.

With Sagittarius being the sign of perspective, honesty, optimism, and expansion- these are the virtues we are meant to adhere to the most as we gravitate to the actions of: REdoing, REpairing, REassessing, REading, REvisiting, REjoicing, REaligning, REsting, REviewing, and by all means RElaxing!

As we accept Mercury’s request for reflection, REsponding vs. REacting is the key to finding REward during this passage. There will be buzzes of changes that will undoubtedly occur while this Retrograde plays out. Especially while The Messenger is backtracking in the mutable fire sign that Sagittarius is, the potential for energy to spin out of control is high to occur. While we are wise to avoid important decisions and initiations for future success at this time, our activity and behavior while in REassessment is imperative.

Look to the 03 deg to 20 degree Sagittarius piece of your personal Zodiac Pie to see where reflection urges to find you under this upcoming passage. Remember as well…

The DO’s & DON’TS of Mercury REtrograde…

DO:
REmain Calm!
Expect CHANGE: in your plans, travel, routines, & schedules to occur suddenly
Give yourself extra time to get where you’re going
REvisit unfinished projects and our past
Have Plan B, C, and possibly D REady at all times
Spend time in the RE’s: RElax, REvisit, REflect, REdo, REcharge!
Gravitate to REsponding vs. REacting!

DON’T:
“Freak out” when changes come up
Rush: speaking, driving, doing anything involving movement!
Sign important documents
Initiate anything new

Keep in mind, those events and situations that have occurred since 04 November- fall under the approach of this Retrograde. We tend to start to see the things that will undergo reassessment emerge over these couple weeks, in the specific areas of your life noted above. Equally before the shadow completes upon 01 January 2012, you will see further opportunities for final adjustments that need to be made from all action occurring within the retrograde period.

Another star secrets “tid-bit” from Numerology is able help us handle our understanding of Mercury Retrograde through its’ Name Expression, which calculates to a 13, that of ‘REgeneration – Change.’ Said the Chaldeans of this number that equally tells us to expect the unexpected: “13 is not an unlucky number, as many people believe. The ancients claimed that he who understands how to use the number 13 will be given power and dominion. The symbol of the 13 is a skeleton, or death, with a scythe, reaping down men in a field of new-grown grass, where young faces and heads appear to be thrusting through the ground and emerging on all sides. 13 is a number of upheaval, so that new ground may be broken. It’s associated with power, which, if used for selfish purposes, will bring destruction upon itself. There is a warning of the unknown and the unexpected. Adapting to change gracefully will bring out the strength of the 13 vibration, and decrease any potential for the negative. 13 is associated with genius- also with explorers, breaking the orthodox and new discoveries of all kinds.”

As always the uncanny power of Lexigrams is also here to REmind you how to best find ease under this passage. There is an important tale for every sign to hear that is told as we poetically phrase the anagrams found within the very title of Mercury Retrograde:

MERCURY RETROGRADE

DAY TO DAY, GREET YOUR URGE TODAY:
GOT TO REDO, GOT TO RETRACE
GOT TO REROUTE YOUR GAME
GOT TO RECREATE TO REORDER
GOT TO RE-EDUCATE
GOT TO GO TO A GREAT ART
GO TO A GREAT COMEDY
GO REDECORATE
GO READ, TRY A REREAD
GO DO YOGA
GO EMERGE, RECORD A RARE DREAM
GO MEET A TAME COURAGE
GOT TO REDUCE OUR TERROR
GOT TO REDUCE A RUMOR
GO TO REGARD TO REDUCE A REGRET
GO! TRY TO AGREE- GO TO A TRUCE
GO MEET A TRUE EGO CURE: TRADE OUTRAGE TO GRACE
TRADE OUTRAGE TO A COURAGE REMEDY
GO TO A MERCY TO CURE A GREEDY EGO
GO GREET A MORE MATURE AREA
GOT TO A REMOTE AREA TO MEET A GREAT REMEDY
GO TO A GOD- ADORE YOU!

Even though we are now amidst the merry buzz of another Holiday Season, there is priceless value in just simply going along with the course that change can naturally takes us. What area of the life will you witness these RE’s to occur? Here is a handy guide from the collective perspective to guide you in making the most of this Universal gift of REflection. Taking time to ponder REview in this area of the life will be time well spent and unwrap the true blessings that can be found. Should you know your Rising Sign/Ascendant, especially check-in with your natal chart to see the area of life 03 to 20 deg Sagittarius equally REquires your attention.

Aries: How I Believe in Higher Education/Philosophy/Wisdom
Taurus: How I Transform Wealth/Death & Rebirth/Sexuality
Gemini: How I Relate to Partnerships/Marriage
Cancer: How I Serve Health/Service to Others
Leo: How I Create my Creativity/Children/Love Affairs
Virgo: How I Nurture the Home/Family/Environments
Libra: How I Communicate my Thinking/Mentality
Scorpio: How I Have Values/Earning Power
Sagittarius: How I Am with First Impressions/Approaches/Mask to the World
Capricorn: How I Process my Inner World/Subconscious
Aquarius: How I Socialize in Groups/Friendships/Hopes & Dreams
Pisces: How I Structure my Career/Public Life

So, My Dear Stars, it’s time to RElease your fears and become friends with Mercury Retrograde. REmember to be in PATIENCE with yourself with a little I TAP IN AN ANCIENT PEACE PACE, which will ideally manifest as you choose a Sagittarian true honest LISTEN: I SIT IN SILENT TIES IN TEN- 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 TEN, I ENLIST IT.

Happy REflective Mercury REtrograde trails to you! More to come on how your Lunar-O-Scope for the upcoming New Moon and Solar Eclipse in Sagittarius all tie into The Messengers energies, so stay tuned!

Word Ponder: OCCUPY WITHIN

“The goal of any esoteric work must be that of objectivity, first in our understanding of ourselves, and then, as out filters and programs are dislodged, of the world. A true esoteric teaching will, there fore, not only focus on “Know Thyself,” but will also provide knowledge about the reality of our reality. If one or the other of these aspects are missing from a teaching, then you can be certain that it is incomplete, and in an incomplete teaching, even if through ignorance of the teacher, even if unconscious, is dangerous.” ~Henry See

Are you tired of hearing the word OCCUPY yet?

Seems humanity, as usual is on the wrong course to find a true and genuine peace of mind. Here we go again with the seeking to improve from the outside.

In the buzzing world we all exist within, with the instant now this and can’t update it fast enough that, (you know the one where you never feel like you can even keep up anymore?), now we have the epidemic of further occupying what is outside of ourselves in some bizarre attempt to amend and make things right.

But really, what is being accomplished by all the “occupy overload“ people are drumming up these days? Do we really feel any kind of satisfaction or sense of resolution from any of them? Aside from more than likely a rise in blood pressure for most, is this some kind of change we can really believe in?

Going back to the concept of “As Above, So Below,” and how this leads to “Know Thyself,” there couldn’t be more truth and validity within these phrases than ever before. Those powerful planets above always have a wise channel for us to learn from down here below. From your astrological, numerological to the wonders awaiting within your Lexigrams, taking a good look inside is the only way change will happen optimally.

Looking to the Name Expression (the numerological vibration that guides it by calculating the value of its’ letters) of ‘Occupy Within,’ as always, there is valuable insight for us to listen to. When one may stop occupying everything outside of themselves and go within, there is definitely some magic that can unfold. When you have a Name Expression of the 23’s ‘The Royal Star of the Lion,’ not only is there is plenty of protection around, but the ability to achieve success is more often than not the welcomed outcome.

Said the Chaldean’s of the 23: “This is a karmic reward number. 23 bestows, not only a promise of success in personal and career endeavors, it guarantees help from superiors and protection from those in high places. It’s a most fortunate number, and greatly blesses with abundant grace the person or entity represented by it. Other numbers don’t have much of a chance to bring about serious trouble when the Royal Star of the Lion is present during difficult times. No number can challenge the Lion’s strength and win.”

So, forget about occupying Wall Street, and every other place in the world to start making change. With the 23, you’ve also got the singular energy of the 5 to aide in presenting Mercury’s gift of movement and change amongst the masses. When you ‘Occupy Within’ you’ll create the personal platform so you can ideally handle any outside alteration that wishes to come your way. As we equally take in the wisdom of Lexigrams -the poetic phrasing of the anagrams found from any name, word or in this case, title- how interesting that we learn: the process all does start with YOU.

OCCUPY WITHIN

PHONY ICONIC UNITY NOT TO WIN IT NOW

NOT TO COUNT ON PHONY COIN COY CON HUNT

NOT TO HUNT CITY TO CITY, COUNTY TO COUNTY

WHY? WHY? WHY IN A PHONY CON ICONIC HUNT TO WIN?

HINT HINT: TOUCH UPON YIN UNITY

HINT HINT: TO PITCH OPTIC INPUT WITHIN TO OWN IT

WHO? YOU! HOW? TOUCH UPON UNITY, TOUCH UPON TOP NOTCH WIN

NOW YOU! HOW? HINT HINT (IT HOT, IT HIP, IT CHIC):

OWN IN UNITY, OWN IN TOP NOTCH YOU WON

NOW! PUT IT IN UNITY TO WIN IT, TO OWN IT, TO OPT IT, TO TOP IT

YOU! HOW? NOW! TOUCH UPON CHI TO PUT IT IN UNITY

Word Ponder: GRATITUDE

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“Gratitude is the vessel that we lift to the Gods that they may fill it with their wonder-gifts. If in all earnestness we foster the feeling of thankfulness, then gratitude, living devotion must be there to the invisible spiritual givers of life; and it is the most beautiful way to be led from one’s personality to the supersensible if this guidance goes through gratitude. Gratitude ultimately brings us to veneration and love of live-bestowing spirit of man. It gives birth to love, and love makes the heart open for the spirit-powers pervading life. If, after every meditation, we arouse in ourselves the feeling of gratefulness and reverence -a feeling that we can call a mood of prayer- and be aware in what grace we are taking part, we shall realize that we are on the right path for spiritual worlds to approach us.”
~Rudolf Steiner, Guidance in Esoteric Training

Sometimes, one just has to be in complete appreciation how the Universe truly does hold the wisdom in separate pieces for us all to put together. After all, if we didn’t have puzzles to figure out in life, how in the world would we ever learn anything? Rudolf Steiner mentions, after we spend time in a form of meditation, just how beneficial it is for us to leave that practice with the sense and awareness of what gratitude means within our lives for our spiritual paths to become more fulfilled.

So too do the Chaldeans -when looking to the very same word gratitude- understand that the energy behind it requests a soul to not only spend some time in meditation, but with the self in solitude to bring out those ideas that will more often than not, have a profound affect upon the world around them.

Looking at the Name Expression (the numerical value of all the letters composing a word or name) of gratitude, we have the Chaldean Karmic Mystery of the 30, the concept of  Loner- Meditation. Anyone who knows about Steiner’s teachings, knows he was an incredibly spiritually-oriented soul in multitudes of ways. While Steiner did not directly study Chaldean Numerology, he intuitively understood the energy that surrounds gratitude in a very similar way, as the 30’s meaning states:

“This is a number of retrospection, thoughtful deduction, and mental superiority over others. However, it belongs completely to the mental plane, and those represented by it often put all material things to the side, not because they have to, but because they wish to do so. The vibration of the 30 can be all-powerful, but it is often indifferent, according to the will of the entity it reflects. The energy tends to favor taciturn loners, those preferring to be alone with their own thoughts. The 30 will indulge in the experiences that life has to offer, but also desire to retreat from society as well when needed. 30 doesn’t deny happiness or success, but fulfillment is more often found in retreating from the chaos of the market place, so that one’s mental superiority may be used to develop something worthwhile to the world and to write ideas which may change the world and or to protect and develop one’s personal talents, such as art or other gifts. It indicates a lonely, yet frequently rewarding life pattern.” 

So, as we take time to retreat and partake in gratitude, this seemingly small action can truly have one of the biggest affects upon our lives. Even as one opens up to the idea that the act of gratitude creates more love, remember the Word Ponder: Love from 28 Feb 2010 that talks all about how that amore can grant tremendous benefit to any life. Funny, both gratitude and love are different vibrations of the 3: 30 and 21. Both are backed up by The Philosopher planet Jupiter- that jovial, generous, seeking to learn and always aiming to please energy most people prefer to believe in.

As always, the mysteries of Lexigrams provide us with a last piece of star secrets advice about the great word gratitude. By taking the anagrams we can derive from within it, and phrasing them like poetry or prose, we find out some more interesting insight about how we can be all the more victorious within our spiritual lives. Certainly, Rudolf Steiner would more than likely agree gratitude speaks with an uncanny wisdom that we can all truly be grateful for.

GRATITUDE
I TRADE TRITE RAGE
I TRADE IRATE ARGUE
I TRIED A RAGE TIRADE DARE- I DRAG IT, I RUE IT
I TRIED A TURGID DARE- I GET A GREAT RUT
ADIEU RUDE RAGE, ADIEU IRATE ARGUE
DARE I GUIDE, DIG IT, I TRIED A TRUE URGE
I UTTER A GREAT TRUE URGE I AUDIT
I ATTIRE A TRIED IDEA, A TRUE URGE TRAIT
I TARGET A GREAT ATTITUDE TREAT
I GET IT, A GREAT DEAR ATTITUDE TRAIT
I GET A GREAT TARGET I GUARD, I GUIDE TRUE
I RIDE A GREAT TRUE DEAR ATTITUDE AIDE: A GREAT TRUE IDEA

Remembering STEVE JOBS

“Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart. Stay hungry. Stay foolish.” 
~Steve Jobs

There aren’t enough words to express the sadness that the world presently is experiencing upon hearing the news that the man who forever changed humanity’s experience with the computer as well as film and animation, born as Steven Paul Jobs on 24 February 1955, has now crossed over in Spirit.

When one returns to earth to live in the blessings of the karmic path 24 Love – Money – Creativity, under a Pisces Sun, the harmony, balance, and beauty that will emerge from the what the imagination can probe and seek out is definitely meant to be astounding. This blend of Venus and Neptune is able to take minute details and create pleasures that will sooth the soul.

Steve Jobs took his 24 Love –Money – Creativity responsibility to heart. He got creative doing what he loved and did he ever watch the money soon follow, while he equally followed the 28 life path of the 1’s The Initiator. The Chaldean Karmic mystery behind the 28’s The Trusting Lamb did see Jobs in some challenges during his 1st Saturn Return with those he trusted by 1985 with all he began at Apple. Yet, he did not falter in continuing on to swim to greater achievements as he entered his 5 Personal Year of blossoming and permanent changes in 1986 when he acquired Lucas Film Ltd, that soon became the legacy of Pixar Animation Studios.

Steven Paul Jobs granted him the Name Expression that guaranteed he would take his creations to the masses as he worked within his career and public life. As the 14/5’s Movement – Challenge promises: “Magnetic communication with the public through writing, publishing and all media-related matters is associated with the 14. There is a risk involved in depending on the word of those who misrepresent a situation. It’s a mistake to rely on others. Rely on the intuition, the self, the voice within. The luck of the 14 includes money dealings and speculative projects, or betting, but there’s always danger of loss due to wrong advice from others, or over confidence.”



Undoubtedly, in combination with his Pisces soul, Jobs learned well from his experience with Apple at 30 years of age about whom he could trust. He had recognized what value there is in listening to his intuition and as he has been known to say, “always connect the dots from your past.” The continued years of success saw him reap achievement after achievement, because he followed the 14’s formula, alongside his 24 karmic path’s request of doing what he loved.

Known to the world as Steve Jobs, this Name Expression did nothing else but bring him to the Universal Nines. The pure 9 here guided his career and public life in another layer that assured aside from the all of his communication to the masses, he would be constantly motivated, and able to lead himself to a celebrity status. It is blatantly obvious from Apple to Pixar, the level of universal energy Jobs has had upon this world, now forever to be seen as an eternal legacy.

Steven Paul Jobs was certainly seen as the best. In a true Lexigram tribute, we honor the story that his birth name is able to affirm about this more than incredible man of imagination and genius. As we take the anagrams that can be derived from it, what a fabulous story of truth do they tell us about a man that left us far too soon.

STEVEN PAUL JOBS

STEVEN’S VESSEL, STEVEN’S SOUL SENT TO AN EVEN LOVE TONE AS STEVE EVOLVE

STEVE SENT TO BLESS APPLE TO BE BEST, TO BEAT ALL ELSE

STEVE TO BE AN APPLE BOSS

STEVE NOT SENT TO BOAST, NOT SENT TO BE A JEALOUS SOUL

STEVE’S NOT ABOUT A LOST PAST, STEVE’S ABOUT A JOB STEVE LOVES

STEVE TO BE BEST AT APPLE’S LEAPS

STEVE PLEASES AS STEVE SEE AN ABLE PASS

EVEN AS STEVE SEE A VETO LOSS UPSET AT APPLE, STEVE SEE A STABLE LOVE

AS STEVE SEES UPSETS, STEVE NOT TO STOP, NOT TO LOSE

STEVE SOLVES AS STEVE VALUES TO BE LOVE

STEVE SENT TO STEP UP TO LOVE TO BE BEST

STEVE SEE A SOUL SPOUSE TO LOVE

EVEN AS STEVE SEE A LAPSE, STEVE SEE AN ABSOLUTE VALUE

STEVE SEE VALUE TO SALUTE A PAST TO BE BEST TO EASE A BLESS

STEVE LEAVES A LOVE TO USE EONS ON

STEVE SET UP A LOVE SO SOULS USE LOVE EONS ON

STEVE SEEN AS A SOUL TO VALUE, TO SALUTE EONS ON

It goes without saying, how much you will be missed Steve Jobs. But, as true Spirit knows, you are not dead, you have only transferred vessels. Your love will never be forgotten, and most certainly, will never again be replicated.

The Brightest of Blessings to you Dear Steve on your journey home.
Namaste and Much Love to you eons on.

Remembering AMY WINEHOUSE

“If I died tomorrow,
I would be a happy girl.”

~Amy Winehouse

The average person may not have been all that surprised to hear that Amy Winehouse passed away earlier this summer. Yet, one cannot help to be saddened by a transition from Spirit that involves the soul not treating their body like a temple. Why was it, that Amy was so terribly troubled when she had such apparent and impressive success?

When she was a mere 24 years old, this Virgo 14 “to the masses” bombshell surely hit it on her star secrets mark as her 4 Grammy nominations turned into awards in 2008. In a 5 Personal Month in January 2007, Winehouse was in a preview of her 5 Personal Year to officially begin later that September, as the world started to see her true talents emerge like never before. Although Black to Black had its’ UK release in October of 2006, it was by early 2007 it truly began to reach international appeal. The momentum she gained throughout 2007 incredibly continued as she celebrated her 23/5 Personal Year that September, blossoming her further, attracting even more handsome attention from the masses.

But as one already knows, Winehouse’s world wasn’t all rosy all the time. Choosing to marry long before her 1st Saturn Return, (for any soul, happens at 28-30yrs old, when one acquires the life experience to make educated life long choices), she paired up and explored the trails and errors of a relationship involved with drug abuse. Here is where we see one choice that her free-will made that undeniably altered her fate.

While the Karmic Path of the 14’s Movement – Challenge is known to dabble in things that dilute the senses, the preferred outcome of this number is to have a positive the influence over the masses. It isn’t any surprise Amy made herself a household name at such a young age. The singular 5 here also grants her the innate ability to be talented in the realms of communication. Couple this with her native Virgo sun and her song writing skills were certainly unsurpassed.

At the very beginning of her current 9 year cycle that wasn’t able to be completed, Winehouse began it all with the album Frank in October 2003. Having just entered a 1 Personal Year, here is where she planted all the seeds in the garden she tended to over the years to follow. She received plenty of recognition in the UK for this achievement including BRIT Awards and platinum sales. By October 2006, in a 5 Personal Month, Black to Black was released as she lived out her final foundation laying 4 Personal Year. As her roots became firmly planted, all was set into place for her explosion at the 2008 Grammy Awards, oddly enough, by the numbers, to be the 50th ones ever held.

As we wrote in our “Hats Off to Amy Winehouse” on 11 February, 2008:
A word to the wise Amy, your 14 Karmic Path soul really isn’t a big fan of those drugs and abuse, you’ve truly already got all the natural energy you need with Mercury’s guidance. You’ll be onward with your self-discovery until your 1st Saturn Return begins in late 2012, you may just need to figure all that out on your own. Saturn still is requesting you do what’s right and play by the rules in the meantime as he visits your native sun sign from September of 2007 and will be in close watch until the fall of 2009.

While Amy did survive the transit of fatherly Saturn through her Virgo Sun Sign (which sits in her natal 5th house of her birth chart guiding her creative identity- and ability to shine on stage), Saturn was still visiting this piece of her Zodiac Pie for a long time to come. When one has a 5th house than spans from 19 degrees Virgo to 06 degrees Scorpio, a transit like Saturn’s will be casting the air of being responsibility here for a number of years.

There isn’t a doubt that Amy’s free-will choose to not listen to the wisdom that Saturn was trying to bring her. Instead of listening to patience and learning from prior experience in her life, the cast of Saturn brought forth a complete sense of restriction that she gravitated to. It was sadly witnessed in the weeks preceding her death, that her stage presence -which was normally a blessing for her- was nothing short of disastrous, and she barely performed with her typical awesome potential.

Today, Amy would have officially entered a 9 Personal Year, one that could have taken her to the true “Universal Nines.” 2010 marked her entrance into the 8 Personal Year, one where she ultimately should have been reaping a grand harvest from her previous 7. Yet, in one’s 8 year, hard work and discipline must accompany the rewards and recognition one is to receive, as Saturn is also the planet that guides this numbers’ request. Perhaps, it was too much for Amy to bear, what responsibility was being asked of her, as she was also walking down the 35/8 Lifepath as a Virgo 14 born in 1983. Yes, Saturn was always asking Amy for her wisdom.

As always when it comes to our names, we are granted further clues as to why a soul will live out the story that they come here in Spirit to share within another journey on earth through the uncanny wisdom of Lexigrams. This star secret, once again, equally affirms that the letters composing a name -when anagramed and phrased like poetry or prose- are able to shed light on the truth of the matter. Like Jim, Jimi, and Janis before her, Amy Jade Winehouse was never to see her 1st Saturn Return.

AMY JADE WINEHOUSE

AMY IS A JEWISH WOMAN
AMY IS IN A MANY HANDSOME WINS
SEEM AMY IN AN EASE AS AMY WINS
AMY IS AN AWESOME SHOWMAN
AMY IS IN A MANY MAIN MONEY MOUNDS
AMY IS IN A MAIN DOMAIN
AMY’S NAME IS IN A MANY A HOUSE
AMY SEE SOME SAD DEMON DAYS IN DISMAY
AMY NEEDS NO WEED AS SHE DAWNS
SOME MAY SEE AMY AS WISHY-WASHY, ANYHOW SHE IS HUMAN
AMY HAS WISDOM SHE MAY SHARE AS SHE WIDENS
AMY IS IN HANDY WISE IDEAS AHEAD
AMY IS IN MAIN AMENDS
HUMANS DO ENJOY AMY’S JAMS AND SOUND
AS JIM, JIMI, AND JANIS: AMY DIES IN A DEMON WAY
ON A SAD SAD DAY AMY’S DEMONS WIN
AMY HAS A WISDOM SHE DENIES

Thank You for all of your awesome gifts while you were here with us Amy. As you have gone back to black, may you still have extreme courage and light to guide your wisdom and Spirit in a brand new way.