Can it be that we have reached the final month of this calendar year? Now is the time that you will look back upon your accomplishments while beginning to look ahead into the coming year, wondering what it is that you will create. At the same time, you will experience the energy that December brings: Culmination and Beginnings. You will likely feel the dual energies, then, of grand endings and the completion of long-due projects, while at the same time you’ll feel the siren’s call of the Next Big Thing that awaits you. This energy translates across the board into all areas of experience: personal/spiritual, occupational, relationships, and universal.

How to deal with this seeming duality? Remember that the Solstice occurs this month, with the earth turning from dark into light or light into dark, depending on which hemisphere you live in. Both hands reach across the Solstice: endings and beginnings, each inextricably linked to the other. How can you separate where one half of the year ends and the other begins? There is a measurable moment, but blink again and the moment is gone. It is the same with your experience of moving across from one end of the creation spectrum to the other, from Culmination into Beginnings. They are each part of a grand circle of experience that you create, so look this month not for endings but for a sense of fullness that accompanies the emptiness of possibility when you look ahead into your coming year. What things are feeling complete? What frightens you about the vastness of what is Yet to Come? Recognizing that you will feel both completeness and emptiness this month – sometimes in the same moment – helps you navigate the crossing of the cycle and your own personal turning from dark into light.

Use what is going on seasonally around you now to assist you. In the Northern Hemisphere there is an inward focus as you embrace fully the season of darkness. Shine a light within and see that inside you it is replete with activity, all in preparation for the outwardness of the coming Spring. In the Southern Hemisphere you are outwardly in a season of light now, but at the same time there is knowledge that the light is fleeting and that you will be moving inward again as the light wanes. For everyone, know that this time is a bridge between your completion and your new beginnings.

This month’s energy is all about Waiting for Fruition. You have laid the groundwork for transformation and for assimilation; now is the time to move into that new space that you have created, savoring it slowly while it unwinds throughout the month. Many of you have been working consciously at becoming aware of the thinning veil that surrounds you, and it has seemed that your What Comes Next is just out of reach, hazy and indistinct. This is the time, then, that your seemingly distant future comes into sharper focus, bringing with it something tangible that you can touch, taste, see, or feel.

You realize, of course, that with the clear choice you made in September, you brought with it a sense of import for the future. This wasn’t any capricious choice; in that time you set a conscious path toward your destiny, your life path, your deep inner reason for choosing to be on the planet at this time. You may not still be completely aware of the turn you took back in September, yet it is possible that you feel already on a course of change as a result. Many people are feeling more like themselves now than at any other time in their lifetimes. This sense of rightness, of flow, will only be on the increase as you begin to unwind the bandages that cover your eyes yet from seeing the entirety of your life unfolding in front of you.

And now, while the veil is thin and the knowingness of collaborative transformation flows across the planet into beyond, it is your opportunity to think consciously about what it is you seek in this life. What your heart truly desires at its deepest level. What you have always known is true yet never dared dream might be. This is the time to move slowly into your What Comes Next, allowing it to unfold in front of you like a lover doing a slow striptease, savoring each ripening moment before the next one begins. This is the time to ask yourself, your guides, and your spiritual teachers for assistance, opening yourself to new worlds and possibilities as a result. This is the time to connect consciously and deeply with your fellow humans also on this path of deep discovery, offering your support and love as well as asking for assistance and community. This is the time to dream deeply and wildly, allowing your heart to soar to majestic heights and to look ever outward to carry you along toward your What Comes Next.

What to do with the likely impatience you are feeling to finally move into your creation? I love the phrase “think big but non-specific.” This allows you to move into the possibility of what you are creating — at least on some level — without creating attachment for a specific outcome. Easier said than done, you say? Well, yes. It’s a new way of thinking about your life, but haven’t you yet noticed that whenever you attempt to blast through the brick wall ahead into what you think of as your What Comes Next, that what you seek disappears like a gossamer soap bubble when touched? Instead, then, feel your way into your creation by bringing yourself down to the smallest moment possible – this one. To support your new way of thinking and being, try this mindfulness practice this month. It only takes a few minutes each day.

A Daily Mindfulness Practice

Center yourself and decide to remain present for exactly one minute. One minute, you say? Why, anyone can do that! Yes, and that is why I suggest it. One minute, perhaps two, is all it takes. Do this daily, or a few times a day. Decide to let go of everything around you except for one of the following for that one minute:

Breath

Sound

Sight

Then, for that minute, focus on nothing else but your breath; the sounds around you; what you see (shape, color, form, shadow). Withhold judgment as best you can about what you focus on. Simply notice what is there, for your one minute. When you are finished, thank yourself for your effort and resume your day. You will feel as if you have just breathed in clean, fresh air: rejuvenated, refreshed, and ready to move on with your day.

Now what about the Fruition that is yours this month? Let it go, like letting your personal soap bubble float freely. The less you think about what your fruition looks like, the more it will unfold naturally. If you allow it to, you will see more clearly by mid-month, and certainly by the 21^st, a pivotal date this month. On that day, you will fix in your being much of what you intend to do with this creation you have been working on these past several months, and you will see what next steps there are ahead for you. This is the time to practice mindfulness even more, then, as you reach an apex of desire and fulfillment around this date. Afterward, energies subside in intensity as you move along on the “downhill” side and begin to enjoy your creation.

What to Expect this Month

Personal

If you haven’t been sure of who you truly are yet in this lifetime, this is the perfect time to tap into what is available. Get guidance if necessary, but energies now fully support your awareness of Self vs. Others, as well as the release of old patterns and dynamics of interacting that no longer suit you or support your True Self.

Affirmation: I AM consciously connecting with my Self at the deepest level.

Relationships

While Venus is still in retrograde through the 18^th, you have the perfect opportunity to continue exploring relationships in terms of what works for you and what doesn’t. Use this time to examine your deepest heart-desires with the people in your life and to create certainty about what you wish the future to look like.

Affirmation: I AM the perfect expression of all that has come before this moment, and my relationships reflect my deepest heart’s desire.

Communities

This is not the best time for community-building, as people will be primarily focused on Self this month, but understand that the inner Self work lays a deeper groundwork for a new type of community that is building and just beginning to emerge. Satisfy yourself with time spent with others, but don’t attempt to force this into being. Like with relationships, follow your heart and come together in groups in ways that nourish you on a soul level.

Affirmation: I AM creating a new world community simply by being more of my Self.

Global politics

Because of the emphasis on the inward expression this month, politics becomes even more polarized as people continue to attempt to hold onto the familiar. Expect some nasty twists and turns this month as a result. Having compassion for the “other side”, whatever that may be, will assist you this month in assimilating these big energies.

Affirmation: I AM creating a new paradigm by doing what I believe to be right.

Earth changes

Internal change always is accompanied by external manifestation of those energies. While on the surface you are spending much time simply “waiting” while you continue to process your Self on a deep level, Gaia stirs and awakens. Expect some potentially massive and devastating results from this type of energy: earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, as well as an increase in odd phenomena like massive sink holes swallowing up buildings, and natural gas leaks or mining disasters. As things heat up on the surface, remember that a great many people are choosing to transition over the next many years. Wish them well and remain in gratitude for their passing that supports your experience.

Affirmation: I AM in deep constant connection with the energies of Mother Gaia and feel her warm embrace constantly.

Global spiritual changes

This is more subtle this month, but overall there is a shift toward a sense of peacefulness and solidarity of purpose worldwide. This will peak during the Christmas season and on into the first half of January but begins this month with a feeling of communal fellowship and harmony. Use this time to meditate deeply on the world you feel you are creating and how that can play out with the global community and all the planet’s citizens, human and non-human alike. Spend some time regarding your non-human compatriots – animal, plant, mineral – and honor them in ways that feel meaningful to you.

Affirmation: I AM an expression of the global community and maintain awareness of my importance within the overall tapestry that we together create.

Relax, breathe, and BE.

The overriding theme for the month of October is “Waiting.” Many of you feel now as if you’re in a holding pattern; not much is happening, and perhaps your life plans have been put on hold on a temporary basis. It’s not so much an uncomfortable sense of waiting but more one of relaxed anticipation, knowing that something is coming next but not knowing yet what that something is.

Stasis is defined as a state of equilibrium, a state of stability, a period of pause during which there is not a great deal of movement in any particular direction.

The energy of October, therefore, can be used as a period of rest.

While restful to some, to many of you this feeling of non-moving anticipation will be uncomfortable. If you are accustomed to making things happen by using your personal energy to create what comes next, then you could feel as if you are butting your head up against a brick wall this month. What is important to remember this month is much the same as in September — sitting and staying with a feeling reveals much about what is underneath the feeling and what your typical patterns of response are. To that end, October provides an especially rich set of opportunities for self-introspection, and getting to know you Who You Are on the deepest level possible.

If you are one who experiences this feeling of uncomfortable non-moving anticipation, you can learn to change the feeling into one of rest if you like. The feeling of rest is attained when you become less attached to doing. In addition to learning to allow yourself to sit and stay with the feelings of discomfort, this is an excellent time to practice mindfulness in many ways.

Here are some ideas to get your synapses firing and to re-pattern your brain so as to allow resting in the present moment more often: 

1. Left-brain, right-brain activities. Try brushing your teeth with the non-dominant hand. Pay attention to the sensations — physical, mental, or emotional — that arise for you. Write a letter to someone (yourself or someone you know), alternating between your dominant hand and your non-dominant hand. Again, pay attention to how this feels. Does the flow of energy (words) change depending on which hand you are using?

2. The pause that refreshes. During the course of your day, stop a few times and do nothing but pay attention, without judgment, to the sounds around you for one minute. Another time, focus solely on visual input: colors, shapes, shadow, again without judgment.

3. Body check-in. Once a day or so, stop what you are doing and focus on your body for a minute or two. Start at the top of your head and move slowly downward, scanning your body and noticing anything that you feel (examples: tension in your back, the texture of the carpet under your feet, the slight breeze of a fan), again without judgment.

What if things just seem to flow for you this month? Congratulations! But don’t worry: you are just as busy as everyone else. For those of you who feel flow and rest this month, you are still internalizing all that has transpired over the past several months since the June Equinox. You may find that while on a personal front (spiritual, occupational, physical) you feel restful, your relationships are challenged. This is in part because you are inculcating internal change, and others around you will find this challenging on many levels. This is a month of endings for many, especially in terms of relationships, and it is not especially conducive to beginning new relationships either (Venus turns retrograde on the 8th). Pay attention to the challenges that arise; they are magnified this month and observing them can shed insight on your lifelong patterns.

Other trends this month

Personal

Interestingly, this is a good time to begin a program of increased health, whether it is based on diet, exercise, or other personal practices that are focused on the body. Pay attention to your sense of inner vitality this month and explore the changes that take place for you.

Relationships

Family-of-origin relationships again come to the forefront this month as you begin to explore deep-seated patterns that have long been within you. Do not be surprised if you are again exploring issues you thought you had once laid to rest. Try not to be discouraged if you feel more of the same; what you are exploring this month is a deeper layer than in the past.

Communities

Expect some dissension among local communities this month, as people are more concerned with what is going on for them on a personal level than the community as a whole. Try not to take things personally if acquaintances seem distant or even surly. On the local political level, expect more conflict than usual as people’s opinions are coming to the surface in a less self-edited manner.

Global Politics

Change here occurs slowly, often more slowly than seems easily apparent. With all the personal introspection occurring this month, what appears on a wider basis is slower-moving and less noticeable. But overall, this month is a preparation for more apparent changes to come.

Earth Changes

Hurricanes and other wind-related events are common this month, as the surface of the planet reacts to deeper, more internal changes.

Global Spiritual Changes

Reports of UFO contacts and sightings increase this month as the “veil” between reality sets continues to thin. Seemingly opposing spiritual groups become increasingly polarized, setting the stage for eventual conflict of some sort to occur next year.

A practice for everyone

This is a good month to determine what small physical things — actual objects, routines, or practices — bring you comfort on a physical, sensual level. This could be a fragrance that brings you pleasure, a special blanket or pillow, cozy socks, or music that gives you a peaceful gentle feeling. Keep these things on hand and refer to them often this month to help you through these energies and on into the What Comes Next of your life.

This month brings a sense of making a decision. Choice. Black, or white? Here, or there? Should I stay or should I go? For many, what begins the month is the feeling that something must be done. That action is necessary in order to create the next step or enter the next phase. That everything will remain as it is unless something is done to stop the status quo or to move into what comes next.

What we feel on a personal level is much like a microcosm of what is taking place on a global level. This is frequently the case, even for those who don’t maintain conscious awareness of the overall connection of all beings. The awareness lies underneath where we can’t always touch it, yet it is there nonetheless: supporting us, creating a foundation, acting as an underground spring and giving lifeblood to all actions, thoughts, and emotions. On a global level, then, such a sense of decision is also apparent.

A note about Monthly Messages: as in any month, the trends we outline for this month upcoming are just that — trends. These trends are based on a variety of influences that include astrological influences, the collective consciousness, and extrapolation from numerous outcomes gleaned from potential futures based on the point from which we give the initial message. As with everything in life, all this is subject to change, and of course, choice. We attempt to outline trends that show the influences that will affect the greatest number of people, but there are always those whose experience doesn't fit within what we map out. We encourage you to use this information as a roadmap of possibility in order to better understand your personal experience as well as your experience within the context of the greater world around you.

In this month, time again seems to speed up. The seeds you have been sowing will find fruit in the harvest beginning this month – in other words, the inner work, external projects, and anything else begun earlier this year (and even back into late 2009) begins to bear fruit in some tangible way starting this month.

The first several days of August will feel much like the latter part of July – unsettled, anxious, chaotic, moving. But by August 6 things begin to calm down. The energy smooths out. You feel a sense of flow, of “rightness” about yourself and the world around you. This does not mean, necessarily, that you won’t continue to be barraged with sensory information about the suffering of the world, but nerves are not as raw. Your emotions are not as much on the surface. You feel a peacefulness and even, perhaps, a glimmer of what inner quiet feels like.

For many this month, what has been on the inside becomes what is on the outside. Again, inner work bears fruit here, and you begin to see how your own inner transformation changes the world around you. Personal interactions become a little easier as a result, as those in your sphere sense the changes within you as well as your newfound sense of peace with your Self. Those who feel this palpable change are likely those who – ironically, perhaps – have been having the greatest amount of inner difficulty and tension these past several months. If you have felt the struggle within yourself, knowing, perhaps, that you have been making strides and realizations, then this is the time to see how all that work begins to pay off in positive ways. This is no time to rest on your laurels, however, as energies later in the month, beginning around the 23^rd, move you into a new cycle of growth, but the peacefulness in the middle of the month can help you realize how far you’ve come and how your work helps you on all levels.

On a wider level, again the energy this month is all about gathering momentum for what is to come in the future. Some of the dynamics we’ve illustrated on a personal level have applicability on a larger group level as well. You can look toward group movement (moving toward the eventual evolution of the group in its purest form) occurring this month in various groups, from families, companies and communities to socio-political groups like countries. Understand that any one individual’s needs and desires may be swallowed by the group’s evolution, as each of these groups has the capacity to act as a sovereign entity. This may be dismaying and upsetting to individuals who become heavily invested in a particular movement pf the group concerned. All of you are part of groups of some sort: your success this month (and into the future, as August is merely a beginning of a new way of interrelating on a group level) depends on your ability to sense and understand the dynamics of the group as a whole rather than your individual thoughts and desires. Notice this is no small task; as humans you of course will have individual desires and will potentially have difficulty allowing the varying perceptions and desires of others within your various groups.

To assist with this process of releasing attachment to individual desire within the context of any group (this works for groups of any size and configuration), we offer the following meditation practice:

Imagine that you are sitting opposite the group you have in mind. You are approximately the same size, both energetically and spatially. It is as if you are sitting across from a mirror image of yourself, but one that just happens to contain the hearts, minds, and sensibilities of the group you have in mind. Don’t worry about logistics; all can be contained within the space needed.

As you sit across from your group, bring your attention to your heart. As you do so, begin breathing intentionally. With each breath, send some of your own heart-energy across the space between you to your group. Imagine that your heart energy makes connection with the heart of the group. Now, with each breath, pull some of that group heart-energy back across into your own heart space. You now feel and sense the connection between you at this most basic level.

As you sense the connection between yourself and your group, say these words in your heart: We are one. We support one another as best we can. We connect through Love.

Use this meditation daily, especially if you are feeling conflict with your group, or conflict within it.

Other things to watch for this month: 

• A sense of ennui, especially in the middle of the month. Having had the initial rush of connection where things begin to make sense on a large-scale basis, you find yourself wishing for repeated "high" experiences. Distraction and ennui results when you find you are unable to duplicate that high.
• Feeling disconnected from others, especially on a universal basis – this especially occurring toward the end of the month. This is necessary as you begin to again separate and move away for a time from the connectedness and again into a space of separation. While this is part of the human experience, having sensed a connection already on a deep and intrinsic level, you may find the shift to separation disquieting.
• Increased desire to connect in a tangible way to nature – gardening, hikes, beach time – becoming almost desperate by the 29^th or so if not sated before then with plenty of outdoor connection time. This is to assuage the increasing sense of separation with your fellow beings and should be honored if you wish to keep a sense of equilibrium.

Practices to engage in this month: 

• If you haven’t been consciously and regularly finding connection to nature, this is the time to begin. Take walks; meditate on a flower; take up gardening; enjoy the fruits of your own garden harvest; commune with animals; be with others or alone in nature.
• Journaling your emotional journey. By taking pen to paper with intention of chronicling your inner journey, you open yourself that much wider to the depths of your experience.
• Look for signs and omens. This could be the ever-popular 11:11, nature signs, shapes or forms that you notice, or anything that seems to speak to you with some intention and meaning. You need not know what the message is, but making yourself open to there being a message at all will create a sense of comfort that will be useful to you in the days ahead.

As you move through August, feeling your own momentum gathering, pay attention to that which you desire to create. By being open to the energies around you and engaging in your own inner work, you make yourself available to the ongoing evolution of the species.

We spoke last month about a divergence in energy — internal vs. external — which continues on in the present month, deepening and becoming more plainly evident.

Last September there was a significant nexus or choice point made which resulted in some noticeable change for many of you. Many people found themselves feeling more fully aware of their paths, or more fully aware of the interconnection that exists between all life. It is not inaccurate to state that many people interpreted that nexus energy as the creation of an “us vs. them” or “happy” world vs. a “sad” one, because, in some ways, that has indeed been what has been created and is now resulting in the continuing divergence we see at present.

[channeled June 1, 2010]

June is a month of contrasts.

For many of you it will be a rest month, time to regenerate, go within, and recreate the dynamism within you for the next external period to come. For you, this is an inward time, with the primary focus being on what is going on internally.

For others it will be a restless time, a month of spiky energy and high contrast, a time of feeling on the edge, with an accompanying uneasiness of spirit, mind, and even physical being. For you, this is an outward time, with the focus being on externals.

In this time of contrast, it is ever more important to remember where you are going, and what is coming next, while attending most of all to the present moment.

The primary difference among you will be of what it is you are embracing about yourself and your path. Neither path — the inward or the outward — is preferable to the other, although one may feel more innately "you" than the other. If in the first half of the year your focus was external, look now for a shift that will create balance overall within the year; in other words, look now to flip into the other portion of the cycle. If, again, in the first half of your year you were primarily focused on things external to yourself, looking inward now will help you regain a sense of balance to carry you through the year. The important thing is that you embrace this contrast and allow it to carry you into what comes next.

June is a fulcrum month within the calendar year. Within the space of this month, there is much underlying decision-making, and many of you are feeling it. Should I leave my job and follow my dream? Should I make a change in my relationship, because, I am feeling uncontented? Should I start that new project I’ve been thinking about/talking about for months now? If ever there was the perfect time for a new beginning, this month is it. Things begun this month have a good chance of finishing, and creating within that new beginning the space and path that the rest of the year will follow, with the years to come piled on afterward. Beginnings look especially auspicious this month, so we would encourage you to think about your life in those terms, whether you are in the inward phase of this energy or the outward phase.

Signs that you are in the flow of June’s energy

• Feeling as if time is speeding up and you are riding the crest of a wave
• Making new connections with others
• Feelings of synchronicity
• Omens and signs, like seeing repeated numbers on a daily basis

How to get into June’s energy flow

Breathing. Deep breathing is especially important this month. The respiration of the planet is changing, as is the pulse. Recalibrating yourself with the breath of the Earth will help you feel in the flow of the energy around you. Every time you feel out of step, bring yourself to meditation and then breathe in time to an inner metronome. This may be slightly slower or faster than you are accustomed to, so give yourself time to adjust. When the timing is right, you will feel lighter physically, as if the weight of gravity has lifted slightly.

Movement. We often recommend energy movement like tai chi, yoga and qigong. They connect you to a foundation that includes the planet upon which you live. This month you’ll want to begin or continue your practice, or try simply moving slowly and gracefully in a way that seems to bring energy up through your feet and legs and moves it upward and around your body. Paying attention to your hands can help with this. Imagine that they hold a ball of energy and move this around your body with slow graceful movements.

Dreamwork. June’s dream activity will be on the increase, as many of you are preparing for deeper spiritual engagement. Dreams can be a sign of astral activity or can be your guides and higher self, speaking directly to you. Pay attention to the feelings left as residual from your dreams. Begin a dream journal to chronicle the changes over time with your conscious connection to the dream world. If you haven’t already, try lucid dreaming.

Global change in June

A new emphasis worldwide on things that connect people. While the Haiti earthquake united people in a way that was unprecedented, we see the beginnings of worldwide events that have a similar harmonizing effect that will likely be less catastrophic in nature. These are things like dance contest winners, book or film phenomena, sports figures, and human-interest stories that touch people on a heart level.

Advancements in architecture. People are reshaping living spaces and how they associate with one another on a communal basis, which is played out through the structures within which they live.

Changes in animal rights. As you begin to re-recognize the connection among all living beings, this becomes evident in new laws and other discernible change in the treatment overall of animals.

Personal change in June

Again, this is a good time for beginnings as mentioned above. Take care with what you begin this month, as it will leave a trail for you to follow for the rest of the year. Again, as fulcrum of the year, this month is pivotal and crucial in forming want is coming next. If you feel fear or anxiety about this, try some of the above exercises to help you feel in the flow of this powerful energy. Remember though that it is a month of contrasts as well, and you may feel either or both of the ways previously described: you may experience this energy as either inward or outward, or a sometimes crazy-seeming combination of both. Gain, it is helpful to ground yourself into some of the activities mentioned above, as well as to connect more firmly to the community around you. This connection to others will play an increasingly important role as time goes on, so beginning activities that take you within the realm of others who you feel are like-minded is especially helpful this month.

When we mentioned beginnings, it is useful to remember that these can also be endings at the same time. New dream jobs mean the relinquishment of the old one. New relationships mean transition away from the comfortable and familiar. New projects can feel overwhelming and frightening. Allow yourself to move through the grieving process of whatever it is you are letting go of this month, and truly honor that letting-go by immersing yourself in it.

Other things to look for in June:

• Changes in appearance. This may be the time for a hair cut or wardrobe style change. Think also about your body and especially about the image you present to the world around you. What is internal is becoming external — what do people see about you? Is there anything you wish to change about this? Step into this month’s energy and bring more of you out to play, even the parts you think others may not like. If you are confident about yourself, others will accept you.
• Travel. You may be feeling as if you wish to “get away”, and this can be helpful. Remember that wherever you go, you take yourself with you. Reviewing yourself on an inner level can be easier in an unfamiliar atmosphere, but travel also lends itself to denial. Invite awareness as to where you are with this.
• Injury and illness. Many of you will be granting yourselves time and space to do that looking-inward from a space of slowness and healing. This is not a bad thing and can invite much self-awareness. Be sure to give yourself ample time and space to complete the process.
• Connections. Again, interpersonal connections are beginning to become paramount. Expect serendipitous meetings and connections with new people beginning this month, who will soon begin to reshape the landscape of who you spend your time with. Expect to spend some time thinking seriously about the people in your life and what energies you wish to carry with you into the future you are creating.

Again, the easiest way to ride the waves of June’s energy is to simply relax and allow things to occur as they will. Beginning a practice of mindfulness can help with this process. Meditation also supports a balanced way of looking at things. Allow this month of contrasts to be your friend, your ally in the Self you are allowing to unfold as well as the life you are creating now.

We have been talking for some time about things coming closer to the surface, not only on a tangible physical level manifesting as earthquakes and volcanic activity, but also – and perhaps primarily – on an emotional level. If human experience and interaction can have been characterized as intellectual for the past several hundred years, what is being created and encouraged now is movement toward experience and interaction on an emotional level. This affects each of you.  

Why do we call this month’s theme Mixed Emotions?  There will be a variety of effects on the invitation each of you – and your planet as a whole – is receiving to begin to move toward embracing the emotional aspects of yourselves, one another, and the planet.   The reaction to this, as best as we can express it, will be mixed. Some people who long for this invitation will feel more at home, more free, more at peace with the overall vibration. Others will feel ill at ease or find that personal matters are coming to the forefront in unexpected ways. Still other people will find old patterns resolved effortlessly. The effects upon the earth will be much the same.

If you feel resistance to or fear about the idea of moving toward a deeper emotional interaction and connection on a global basis, it’s likely that the next several months will be challenging for you. There are ways of making this easier upon yourself, however. We’ve included a simple exercise that can be helpful to everyone during this time.

Close your eyes and breathe deeply, breathing down past your heart space and into your solar plexus. Continue breathing down all the way into your root chakra. Feel the power gather there, connecting you to your ancestral roots. Within each of you is a personal place of power that is associated with this place – breathing into it will activate your ancestral memories and allow you access to that personal place of power.

Continue breathing, feeling the energy grow inside the limitless space that is your root chakra. Bring your awareness now to this space, and remember a real place on this Earth at which you felt a sense of peace and goodness. This may be a distant memory, and if you allow it, it may be a past lifetime memory. Picture this place in your mind, placing it within your root chakra. Feel your indelible connection to this place and to your humanity. Feel also your connections to the natural life that exists in this place – trees, animals, plants, birds. Feel the sounds from this place – rushing water, birdsong, infinite quiet – resonate deep within you, awakening within you a great Love.

Breathe into this peaceful, loving space deep within you, knowing that you may return to it at any time. It is yours because you are a part of it. It is a part of you, your personal place of power. Return this way as often as needed.

What to expect on a personal level

Expect any and all of these, often in very nearly the same moment:

• Feeling out of sorts
• Feeling exhilarated
• Old patterns coming to visit, or becoming more noticeable
• Reconnecting with people from your past
• Finding kinship with new people in unexpected ways
• An abundance of energy
• Feeling unusually tired
• Connecting to childhood memories
• Desire to travel
• Desire to connect with animals

As this global invitation is to feeling, we invite you to feel whatever is occurring in each moment to its utter completeness.  When you do this, the next moment may be seemingly unrelated to the last; a new lifetime of sorts.

What to expect on a global level

The Earth is certainly not impervious to change, and primarily moves through cycles in much the same way that individuals do. On the whole we would expect trends to continue much as they have, simply because change on a global basis occurs more slowly then it does on an individual level – the Earth is essentially a collective of individual change. Animals feel these cycles as well, and their behavior will tend to shift over time as a result. Look for changes in herding trends and feeding desires for many species including companion animals, plus larger “mood swings” and fluctuations in energy levels.

Overall, expect the following planet-wide:

• Surprising political news such as abdication, coup, or impeachment, in a first-world country
• Increased levels of political and economic solidity among third-world nations
• Unusual degree of water crisis in traditionally arid areas, as well as unusual flooding in wetter places
• Increased attention on the ocean and marine life
• New species discoveries

If at any time you find yourself feeling as if the world is moving faster than you are, or faster than you’d like, you can perform this simple reconnection to help ground yourself and focus on the inner portion of you that is at all times balanced and centered.

Stand, focusing on the connection your feet make with the ground. Do this barefooted if possible. Feel the floor (or Earth) beneath your feet. Breathe up from the soles of your feet into your 3^rd eye, passing each chakra – root, sexual, solar plexus, heart, and throat – slowly on the way. Feel the energy gather there in your 3^rd eye. You may feel dizzy at this point – simply focus for a moment on your solar plexus.

 

When the sensation has passed, continue breathing up from your feet and allow your 3^rd eye to expand further. You are now connecting to a sense of timelessness – past, present, future – that grounds you in the Now. Create in intention to utilize this stored energy to assist you in creating conscious choices this month that support your soul growth and effortless movement into an emotionally-centered universe. From this vantage point you understand the need for a higher emotional connection at this time, and any fears of change or overwhelm are diminished.

Now bring your awareness down to your feet again. Feel them tingle. Move them slightly and feel the floor or Earth beneath them. Feel your connection to where you step next.

May is a powerful month, and can fuel creative practices as well as higher intellectual pursuits. The sense of connection to nature and to all life is very close to the surface now. People who create a practice that honors this connection will themselves feel nurtured. Ideas include:

• Drumming circles
• Nature walks
• Shamanic practices to connect to your spirit animals
• Meditating outside

You are at all times welcome to connect with our energy for support. We are available to all who ask.

The energy this month can be described as “Anticipation of Change.” We have described in the past the sensation many people feel of late, that things in their lives are changing, moving, perhaps in ways that feel a little outside their control. This anticipation of change will be following many of you this month as you stand on a precipice, wondering what it would feel like to jump.

We have used this analogy before, when we spoke about the overall energy of this year. This month, then, April, brings with it a heightened sense of what is yet to come. But now, some time has passed since you first thought of 2010. You have dug down, gone within, and come up again for air with a new sense of perception of yourself and the world around you. You have a greater sense of what is yet to come, of the direction you wish to take in the eight months remaining to the year. Time is passing! Yet each moment brings you new discoveries, new pathways, new joys.

Personal Anticipation of Change

On a personal level, you may expect to experience some of the following:

• Sense of purpose
• New connections to people
• Wistfulness or nostalgia for what remains in the past
• Anger or frustration about where you are vs. where you wish to be
• Childhood emotions playing out in new ways
• Sense of “rightness” with the world
• Feelings of injustice
• A call to action
• Feeling connected to guidance in ways that are new for you

As you can see, you could be all over the metaphysical map this month, so expect highs and lows as you proceed. Remembering that nothing remains the same, even the feelings you wish would last forever, will be useful this month. Everything changes. Impermanence. Darker emotions and childhood emotional patterns may come up for you, yes, but on other days this month you’ll feel inspired and connected, filled with joy in the simple act of breathing.

How to make this month’s energy of Anticipation of Change work for you on a personal level:

We’ve designed a simple practice you can engage in this month to keep you feeling grounded and anchored while leaving you open to the possibilities that you create in each moment.

Sit or lie down comfortably and take a few deep breaths. After a moment, as you release each breath, allow yourself to make an audible sound. Ahhh. Breathe in again and release, again with an audible sigh. Ahhh. As you sigh, feel the vibration in your throat. Feel this vibration move down from your throat into your chest, your heart, your solar plexus. Feel the sigh fill your body.

Keep breathing and releasing audible sighs, moving the sense of vibration down your charkas as far as you can. Can you reach the soles of your feet? Try this now, releasing a breath and allowing the vibration from your audible sigh to move slowly down each chakra and out through the soles of your feet.

Now breathe in through your nose, still releasing each breath audibly. Feel now the echoes of the audible breaths being released all over the world. Connect your vibration to those and feel the song you sing together.

Now breathe in through your crown chakra as you pull in air through your nose, moving the breath now through your 3^rd eye before it reaches your throat and down. Imagine now that you are breathing as part of a great spinning circle, that the breath moving out through the soles of your feet and the breath coming in through your crown chakra are connected, one enormous circle, and your breath and audible sighs are making the circle spin faster.

You can speed the circle up or slow it down. You are in control of this enormous circle. Play with the speed of its spin until you feel comfortable. Set your intention that this circle keeps spinning at the same rate even without your perceptible attention. You may change the rate of spin at any time.

Now, even when you feel ungrounded or not in synch with your life and your internal guidance, you have a way to reconnect and set things to your liking again. Try this practice on a daily basis for a while and notice what changes for you as a result.

Global Anticipation of Change

On a global level, things are boiling just under the surface. We’ve talked before about increased volcanic and seismic activity throughout the coming year, and while we are not presently expecting any major events this month, with the increased pressure below the surface of the earth there will certainly be a major and perhaps catastrophic event occurring in a populated area within the next few months. Italy and the area surrounding the Adriatic Sea are at potential risk in this time, as are Malaysia and the Phillipines.

The below-the-surface boil continues on in other ways. A major American political reversal is on the horizon, as is the potential of an assassination of a world leader. Overall tensions remain at a strong point, suggesting that events that create a sense of resolution to the constant under-surface tension is close at hand, though likely not this month.

To put global anticipation of change in perspective, understand that the tension of expected change is magnified when on a large-scale or global level. It is one thing to feel for yourself that things are moving. You can explain away your discomfort with the level of lack of control that you feel about personal change.  Larger entities like countries, kingdoms, and corporations have no such luxury, however. When tensions increase to a certain point, something must be done to relieve the pressure. You cannot suggest that France, for instance, begin a meditation program in order to better deal with political and religious tensions that bubble just under the surface of everyday life. France, as an entity, is an amalgamation of many things including individual people, their expectations, past patterns, and a sense of propriety for maintaining a particular image that others have come to associate with France. Every country, kingdom, and corporation is much the same, and as such is affected differently by under-surface tensions. Things tend to erupt, then, in often surprising ways with these larger entities.

Possible global symptoms include:

• War
• Systemic starvation
• Corporate failure, buyouts, mergers
• Religious terrorism
• Political “spin”

Sound bleak? Not really. These things are present all the time; most people are either unaware of them or choose a low level of awareness of such activities.

Assisting Change on a Global Level

While you may be feeling unempowered about helping to create change or to support the sense of anticipation of change on a global level, we can assure you that you do indeed have the ability to effect assistance on this global level. You only need to do one simple thing.

Engage your personal creativity.

That’s right: paint, dance, sing, sew, write. Whatever creative pursuit makes you feel balanced, whole, and happy. This is an especially fruitful time for creativity, so make use of it! And you’ll be assisting the global community as well.

How? Because all this anticipation of change is built upon a great deal of energy accumulation. By tapping into and creating movement with this energy, you create a cumulative effect of movement in all this “excess” energy, and help create a platform upon which the energy can begin moving in a large-scale way.

Take charge of your personal precipice, then, and jump with your eyes wide open.

The theme for the month of March is Chaos.

March is a month of seeming contradiction. You are perhaps familiar with the adage that March “comes in like a lion and out like a lamb”? This is a reference to weather but could also be applied to the winds of change permeating your very existence. In other words, what appears calm on the surface is seething and roiling underneath, and what appears chaotic is in actuality forming a new, more stable foundation.

Let us examine our theme of Chaos. When defined, one finds that chaos is in actuality quite structured.  In other words, it is unpredictability within a highly defined and perhaps rigid set of rules. Would you not say that this is your world, in part? In your universe there are certain rules within which, at times, there is certain unpredictability. Even the very appearance of individuals within the human race is subject to this: there is a general set of ‘rules’ (DNA structure, for example) within which there are endless – and seemingly unpredictable – variations. Chromosomal abnormalities. Cancer markers that are never triggered into actual cancer. Endless variations in size, color, personality and other peculiarities of the human manifestation that don’t seem subject to any rules. This is the hallmark of your world – this seeming contradiction – yet many of you have endless difficulty with the fluidity of choices available to you at any given time.

This seeming contradiction is part of what is going to be becoming stronger and more apparent as time goes by. How will this manifest in ways easily perceivable?

Physical manifestation of energetic chaos

1. Increased weather “events”. We have talked before about climate changes and extreme weather, have we not? You may expect, subject to region, further such extreme events over many areas, some widespread.  Drought is beginning this month across parts of India, Africa, and the southwestern part of the US. At the same time, extra precipitation is expected across much of western and southern Europe, the South Pacific, the central and Eastern US, the Caribbean, and much of South America. This precipitation could arise in the form of hurricane-like weather. Or other extreme events.

2. Earthquakes and volcanic activity. As above, so below. Look for increased visibility and awareness of Pacific Rim (especially the South Pacific, also possibly Alaska) activity this month as well as isolated earthquakes in areas not generally known for them (central US, eastern Europe). It is likely that a fairly devastating quake takes place in a populated area within the next 60-90 days.

3. Discoveries of genetic aberrations or new species are likely to be found in the animal kingdom. Animals and plants are, of course, subject to this chaotic energy as are people and the earth as a whole. While it is true that the animals, plant, and mineral kingdoms respond to such change with greater apparent aplomb, change affects all. What will be likely, then, are overt and tangible effects to the energetic shifts, resulting the “new” species, flocks of “deformed” species found regionally, or other similar discoveries.

Intrapersonal manifestation of energetic chaos

1. People “snapping.” This can be on a low level (increased arguments between spouses and children) or on a wider level (employees ‘going postal’, random attacks, mob situations, etc). It can be helpful to remember that this is occurring worldwide, not just in your neighborhood, and that the statistical likelihood of being a part of such an occurrence is relatively low. If this is a fear for you, please try the following:

Standing near a table or waist high horizontal surface, stand with feet hip width apart while your hands rest on this surface.

Take a moment to breathe and remember your particular fears surrounding this potential occurrence. Imagine while you do so that the charkas in your hands and feet are opening fully to embrace the energy of your planet: your home, the Earth. 

Feel the enormous loving energy pouring in to you now through your hands and feet. Your hands may feel warm and tingling. Feel the pulsating aliveness of your planet, the place you call home and that you, along with billions of others, are creating. Feel the love inherent in this energy of your creation. Feel the safety inherent in this energy of your creation.

Draw this energy, along with the live connected to it, up through your hands, feet, arms, and legs. Allow the energy to meet and mix in your root chakra. Feel your center of consciousness drop a few inches as you do so. Feel any tightness on your heart area now dissipate. Feel the immense sense of perpetual, eternal safety wrap your being in a soft, warm blanket. Feel how this sense of safety was created by you, along with billions of others, in the creation of your world as you know it to be. Remember that you carry with you a bubble that includes this sense of safety and protection.

Feel it now and rest in your ability to re-create this sense any time you wish.

2. Relationship hurdles. This is a huge month of growth for people involved in all sorts of relationships.  Long-held patterns may be released this month. Expect things to re-surface so they can be released.

Welcome these issues rather than attempting to submerge them again.

Those who are less self-aware will have greater difficulties relationship-wise this month, but if it is your practice to be aware of these patterns, then you should have little difficulty allowing them to simply drift away into the winds of change that surround you. Understanding, too, that any seeming surface disruption is for many a sign of healing underneath that is long-lasting and permanent in nature. This relates to all sorts pf relationships, from intimate connections to family dynamics to work relationships, as well as the relationship to Self that each of you possesses. Again, look for outward conflict as a sign of inner healing and change.

3. Spiritual depth. For those of you seeking greater self awareness, this is a month in which you can easily accelerate your growth. We would caution against becoming stuck in linear terms to describe such growth (‘evolving’, ‘moving forward’, ‘ascension’, etc), but at the same time there are exponential possibilities this month that will allow you great enhancement of whatever path you are presently choosing and such terms can be useful in this manner.

Practices to assist in flowing with, not against, the energy of Chaos

You can, of course, enhance your sensation of flow in relation to the energy that is around you at this time. This is not, of course, to allow you to “control” your experience or outcome, but is more designed to help you feel movement in a pleasurable way.

1. Practice an energy movement exercise. This could be tai chi, qigung, or some forms of yoga or meditation – anything where energy is consciously and deliberately moved through the body. This is very much a month in which to let go of conscious thought and allow your other wisdom (of the body, of the soul) to surface. Even if you have mental resistance against such exercises – and we would suggest daily use to enhance the effects – this is a case where “just doing it” is the most helpful approach. A side benefit, of course, is that after 30 days of such practice is becomes a habit, which in our perception would only continue to be beneficial.

2. Drink water. More than ever, this is an important practice. Pure, filtered water, preferably from a source local to you, is best. A liter per 50 pounds of body weight.

3. Breathe. Again, this is such a basic practice that is welcome at any time. Try simply breathing as fully as possible when you first awaken. Not only are you more relaxed at this time, making it easier to actually “get” a full, deep breath, but it will help create the tone for the day and energize and fully awaken your body. Spending 3-4 minutes in contemplative, deep breathing upon awakening will greatly enhance your abilities to flow with this month’s energy.

In addition to these practices, we suggest going within to seek answers to long-held questions. We are, of course, available to those who seek our advice and will continue to make our presence known to an ever-increasing number, but we also support your abilities to seek the inner guidance that is always inside you.

May you rest in the seeming contradictions.

The theme for this month is Flow. When we speak of Flow in this context, we speak of the ability you all have — perhaps something unique to your species, at least in your way of doing so — of assimilating yourselves into that which surrounds you. In other words, you take in the energy of what is around you and breathe it into yourself, sometimes quite literally, creating an ever-changing new organism with each breath.

When we speak of “what is around you” we mean this:

• The literal air and all it contains: particulate matter, the pheromones of nearby lovers, the scent of the pot roast bubbling on the stove in your kitchen.
• Visual stimuli: the flowers in a vase on your table, the piles of clutter on your desk, the view outside your window.
• Clothing and furniture: the touch, smell, and feel of what touches your physical body.
• Energetic information: every tangible item or person (or non-human being, such as pets, plants, and stones) has with it an energetic signal, and this you also take in.

Each of these things that you take in, the actual tangible things as well as the energetic information, also contains within it all the memories you have ever experienced of similar such things. When you observe the vase of flowers on your table and take that into your being, you take with it the memory of all flowers in vases you have ever observed, and all similar-colored flowers you have observed growing, perhaps, in gardens, as well as the memories that come flooding into you with the scent of flowers, the color of flowers, and the feeling of warm sun on your back as you, perhaps, once walked through a garden filled with flowers.

After upheaval comes quiet, at least for a while. It’s a time of taking stock, of seeing what’s in the larder, and then moving ahead again into new territory. By month’s end, many of you will have unearthed a direction or secret resolve that you intend to move forward upon into the future.

The stabilizing energy is a direction to head toward. There will likely be a number of ups and downs along the way — realizations and discoveries — but on the whole, the energy of January speaks to an overall stabilizing effect so that further deepening and movement can be possible in the future.

Effects on a personal level

What does this mean to you personally? For starters, it’s about bringing things to the surface. Not so much in the dramatic ways of the past few months, but more lovingly, tenderly, almost as if you are greeting inner parts of you for the first time, giving birth to the most precious deep elements to the creation that is you. So you can expect feelings of surprise, wonder, childlike yearnings, and innocence to be crossing your path this month.

Another effect of January’s energy on a personal level is a sense of greater connection. This may occur for you on a family level, between neighbors, in a community, or on a virtual basis, but awareness of the greater whole that is all of humanity will be becoming more evident this month. Deepen this for yourself by reaching out in tangible ways to those around you — volunteer, give charitably, or simply host a gathering.

Right now you – all of you – stand poised at the edge of a precipice, ready to jump. Or to fly.

2010 is a pivotal year. We have been telling you about changes taking place within you and around you these past several months. Many of you have begun deep, lasting, and profound inner transformation as a result of choosing to step into the flow of change that is taking place all around the world. We repeat here what many of you have heard from other sources, or perhaps sensed yourself: you are here – now – for a reason. Most of you reading these words will feel a familiar tingling or chill right about now. You are here, right now, in this place and in this time, to take part in what is likely to be one of your species’ greatest times of expansion.

First, a caveat. The change that we speak of will take years to complete or even to come to a place that is readily discernible by most people as great change. This – now – is just the beginning stage of great overall growth. Expansion. You have agreed to be a part of what will end up being among the beginning stage of this expansion. Many of you will intend to incarnate again later on for a role in later stages of this change that will likely require several hundred years overall.

But understand, too, that change is occurring. Many of you are sensitive enough to feel what’s coming and to incorporate new ways of relating into your own lives. Many of you are now riding the crest of the wave yet to come.

Now, what do we mean by “expansion”? The human species has collectively agreed and chosen to begin evolving in certain ways that will eventually support new ways of interacting. Evolution has been occurring throughout your entire history, of course, but soon there will be more evidential changes taking place. Nothing so drastic, perhaps, as growing gills to breathe underwater, but just as significant in the overall effect.

December is the month of richness. Not “rich” in the material sense, although that is certainly a possibility for those on that path, but rich in the sense of depth. Added complexity. Layers unfolding layers. Last month you allowed what was under the surface to bubble up to conscious awareness; this month you explore things more deeply, in a rich, soul-satisfying way. You'll see the strata of each layer of past experience and insight, and this month the patterns become more clear and beautiful. You sense purpose in your experience. Everything you have been before this moment has built the You that you are now, and you rest this month in that knowledge.

It’s no accident that this energy is occurring along with a few other things going on in the world at this time:

1. End-of-calendar-year review. Now you’ll be looking back over the past year, a convenient marker or milepost, to see where you’ve been and the journey it took to get to where you stand now.

2. December religious holidays, for whatever amount of significance they hold for you personally, are extremely affecting to the vast majority of people in the world. Even if you don’t personally hold religious significance to this time of year, there’s a pervasive sense of global collective awareness this time of year. Now, more so than other times of the year, you are aware of the connections you have to all of humanity.

3. Solstice. For the Northern Hemisphere it’s the winter solstice, the time of inward contraction, which invites inner exploration. In the South there’s expansion with the summer solstice. Two magnetic poles in perfect balance. Overall, this affects your richness explorations by inviting you to feel more in tune with the energy of your region.

4. Copenhagen energy talks. Much of the direction you’ll be headed on a collective basis in terms of how humans and the earth interrelate will manifest through the results of this summit. If you like making predictions, pay attention to what goes on here.

It is helpful, with all this collective energy abounding, to bring yourself to a place of conscious connection to the global collective entity known as “humanity” as well as to the larger global collective entity known as “Earth.” To create a stronger conscious connection, we suggest the following. This exercise is most effective if done as a group experience, but can also be practiced alone:

Lie directly on the ground if possible, or on the floor of what feels to you like a comfortable space.  Lying on your back, take a few deep breaths to relax your body somewhat and to allow you to focus your energy and attention.

When you feel that you have expanded into the space surrounding your body (about 6-8 inches all around your body), focus your awareness on the space within your heart. As you do so, notice that this space is of infinite size – although it is contained within your awareness, it extends in every direction toward infinity.

Maintaining your awareness of that space, allow yourself to imagine a golden light emanating from that space, dropping down into the center of the Earth below you. The center of the Earth, you now notice, is also a space of infinite proportion just as your heart-space is. The two infinite spaces are now connected by the golden light.

You are now connected to this source of energy that exists within your planet that fuels and connects the global collective entity known as “humanity”. You are also now connected to the global collective entity known as “Earth.” You are no bigger and no smaller than either of these entities.

Your own space is as infinite as any other.

Practice this daily if you can this month, especially on the solstice.

Other ways this energy of richness will appear this month, beyond that of a personal nature:

This month, the rage surfaces. Just like bubbling lava that’s been deep underground and now longs to surface, so too in this month will anything you’ve been keeping stored inside you.

Do you fear this? Do you fear that the inner parts of you that now seek sunlight are dark and should remain hidden? They are still a part of you, as much as the parts of you that you show yourself and others.

Now, while we used the word “rage,” it would be inaccurate and incomplete to describe the majority of what is happening this month as angry, or vengeful, or dark. Instead, we invite you to think of what bubbles forth into the sunlight this month as “movement.” Joyful. Opening. Inviting you into your wholeness.

This doesn’t mean that you will feel nothing but good feelings, although the more you invite the hidden parts of you into the light with joy and acceptance, joy and acceptance are what you will feel. But this is a process that brings up emotions and judgments that are connected to the inner parts of yourself you've been hiding. There are reasons you've been keeping them submerged — patterns you've become accustomed to using. Any time you are faced with elements of yourself you’ve been keeping hidden, you could experience resistance. Or feel shame. Or uncertainty. So, too, could those around you, who will be surprised at your new depth and may react with their own reactions to this new energy. But understand that these are their reactions to what they feel inside themselves, and have nothing to do with your relative goodness or lack of goodness.

Let’s explore the various ways that the rage bubbles to the surface this month.

October is a month of restoring balance. September was all about uncovering things, buried facets of old patterns, but this month you’ll be striving to maintain order and find balance again in what feels yet again to be a very unbalanced world. For many of you, this process will be easy, facile, and unthinking, but more of you will likely react to the flailing efforts of those around you and strive ever harder to maintain your own balance while people around you are plummeting from their tightropes.

Let’s examine this tightrope analogy a moment. Most of you regard the concept of balance as being poised atop a precarious perch, much like a tightrope, and that within this confinement you must walk your path, remaining ever vigilant lest you plummet to your undoing below. But what if … instead of falling, you would fly? And what if in this flying you find new heights, new lovely vistas, as well as new challenges to surmount? We pose this question because we see that the majority of you regard balance as a precious commodity, one that allows you to remain safe within, again, the confines of your path as you determine it to be. But we challenge this notion, and instead invite you to see balance as a limitation. As a means to control yourself and your environment. As a narrowing of our own choices. As … unnecessary.

So while on the one hand you’ll likely be striving FOR balance this month, attempting to find a foothold or at least a toehold on reality as you perceive it, we invite you instead to let go.

Fly.