Astrologer Bill Attride

Full Moon in Gemini - Lunar Eclipse (November 28, 2012)

This is the "other side" of the New Moon Solar Eclipse of two weeks ago. The release/renewal of spiritual influences at each New Moon find their compliment and counterpoint at the following Full Moon. One point, the New Moon, is the like a spiritual "Seeding of Meaning", the following Full Moon is like a "Harvest of Understanding", and through their constant interplay the universe provides you with signs, symbols and wisdom as you make your journey through Space.

However, when the New Moon and Full Moon are eclipses, it becomes a little more profound and occult (hidden), you have to delve a little more deeply to understand what the Meaning/Understanding might be. I wrote about this Full Moon Eclipse in my Overview for 2012. This is what I wrote then:

Lunar Eclipse in Gemini (November 28)

The Full Moon Lunar Eclipse in Gemini interrupts the revelation you were hoping for. You were seeking to bend and stretch your intelligence so as to hold two (or more) approaches to the issue you confront. Again, it is your mental "blind spot", your unquestioned patterns and assumptions that need to be seen as standing in your way. Real intelligence is not exercised in having the "correct" answer by accepting the conventional paradigm; it is much more important to be able to shift your assumptions so that you can question the question itself!

In an ordinary Full Moon, Luna brightly reflects the Sun's illumination for you...it clearly reveals the deeper Meaning of the original seeding (New Moon) through her counterpoint of Understanding. However, with the shadow of the Earth crossing over the Moon (as in this Eclipse), the message is partially obscured by the Veil of Assumptions formed by prevailing thought-forms, emotions and fears here on Earth...your own, more limited point of view on Earth is obscuring the message.

What do you do? Whenever you encounter a shadow, you need to reduce or eliminate it with other sources or points of illumination...you need to enlarge your point of view so that it is more intuitive, inclusive and clear-seeing. The ordinary message of Gemini needs to be enhanced, you need to shift your awareness and challenge your assumptions, presumptions and "truths".

The usual message of the Full Moon in Gemini is always there to provide a necessary counterpoint and balance to the prevailing theme of the Sun in Sagittarius. Sagittarius revels in Deductive Understandings, which is when you posit grand theories or principles to explain your experience. However, when taken too far you can lose touch with that very reality itself, you become enamored with your lovely castles of thought-forms that increasingly bear no relationship to the real world at all...You lose touch with the greater reality around you.

As you confront the disconnect between what you actually experience and your self-wrapped modeling of the world you will have two choices: 1) you either refuse to deal with reality and remain in your increasingly less than realistic world model, or 2) you abandon your model and begin to re-connect to what is actually happening in your world.

This is where Gemini comes in as the advocate of Inductive Reasoning, of gathering, observing and examining a myriad of data points with as little presumption or filtering as possible. Eventually, you create a body of knowledge about your world that is built up, layer by layer, from your real experiences. Normally at the Gemini Full Moon you would be able to engage your adaptive, inquisitive and contrarian faculties as a counterpoint and balance to the prevailing Sagittarian deductive reasoning with its self-shadowing assumptions. You would be able to challenge the paradigm by questioning those very assumptions...and revel in your mind's ability to think "outside the box".

But here at the eclipse you must go further...it is not enough to question the paradigm or world views as put forth by the cultural verities, political allegiances or religious orthodoxies that claim to explain "life" as it is or ought to be. You need to free your perceptions and see through these prisms to an even more inclusive understanding.

What might that be, how can you do that? It would seem that either you work inductively, from the smaller to greater, or deductively, from the greater to the lesser...what else is there?

Actually, you have your most distinguishing spiritual gift, part of what makes you "human" and it will provide the answer here. It is part of your ongoing, unfolding awakening where your mind or ordinary consciousness is lifted up by your higher self...and it is known to you, oh yes it is...it is your Imagination!

Your Imagination is that most wondrous spiritual faculty that truly inspires your growth of understanding, about yourself and your universe, and creates the means by which you can accept what has been, understand what is really before you now and dream, yes dream of your better tomorrows!

This is one of your Gifts of the Spirit and it has ever quickened your development in the Human Kingdom of Life. Your progress is not accidental or incremental, and it has more often been accomplished by and through these great leaps of self-transcendence, for beaten paths are for those who beaten...Instead you will Imagine, you will Dream...and you will become a wonder!

Here at the Eclipse you need to re-imagine both your Deductions and Inductions, you need to think way outside the box...By using your Intuitional Intelligence you will open the door to another realm of Understanding, you will approach that much nearer to the realm of Divine Thought. Your Imagination/Intuition allows you to cross beyond your self-accepted, self-made boundaries of what is "Real" to your Theories or Facts. It does this by helping you to move beyond your Cultural prisms and Scientific Dogmas.

Just like any previous seeker of greater understanding, who had to put aside the known to discover the greater in their time, you must be willing to approach your world with more Openness and Wonder...with the eyes of a child...

Perhaps, with enough imagination, you can even dream of becoming another type of being altogether...Imagine how this world would be perceived or understood if you were some form of bird of the air, or if you swam as a fish in the seas...or maybe something beyond entirely...What would you know or see then?

To Dream, to Imagine...that is how your Future is made...

For what is Now, was made long, long ago...and it is done.

What will your new day bring, who will greet the Sun?

Be the Dreamer, be the Imagineer...let Intuition be your guide.

Move, grow, smile...beyond all those boxes and let your Higher Self...

Show you the Way.

Venus Conjunct Saturn (November 26, 2012)

Your love returns for her annual reality check. And though it oftentimes hurts, (oh yes it does, for this can be a time when love may seem wanting), this too is part of your journey as you question, re-discover, re-affirm and learn to express your true boundless, fountain-source of value, that true and eternal source of love that is the bright burning core of you.

Actually, this reality check happens four times per year as Venus and Saturn line up in a "challenging" aspect to one another...but this alignment is the most important of these four turnings. Why? Because this is the beginning of the Venus-Saturn cycle, sort of like a "New Moon" for your Love and Reality, (and though it is nice to wish and dream and fantasize about beauty and love in your world, when it comes down to it, here on Earth that it is, you really need it to be Real, don't you!).

Venus is the bearer of the energy that links each and every part of your creation with every other part. She is the veil behind which sings the Song of Creation itself, a melody which rang out from the moment of that first, wondrous breath at the Beginning of the One. That was when this universe went from non-being into this spiral journey of Becoming and it is Venus who embodies this force which holds together all the ones who come from that One...and you know and feel this as Love. This is what lies at the core of you, this spark of Divine essence, and it is that which keeps you and connects you to all of Creation through all the ages...

Saturn is the bearer of forms, the realities you and everyone else make for your self-realization, and these are your experiences that you must work in and through to become anything on this physical plane of Earth. The most precious part of this reality-making you form for yourself is the vehicle or experience of relationship with one another, your sharing and caring for each other...by your Loving one another. Saturn demands that the Dream, the Idea, the Essence of Love become real and substantial as manifested forms of Love of and for one another.

But, as ever with Saturn, the teacher and tester, there will come the shadows too, because the forms you and the other made were imperfect, because you are not yet what you will be. The fears that fall upon you are from your past and your prior attempts of love cast a broken light upon your present dreams for a better love today. Your fears spill forward into the present and the true, abiding and boundless love you hold within you is unable to escape those shadows...and the love you seek to express is less than it was to be.

Saturn forces you to re-examine, to look within your shadowed past, to see what lessons you have learned and mastered, to see how well you have come to know and love yourself. For it is only by approaching more closely the truth that lies at the heart of you, only by finding and feeling that source of unconditional love that resides within you, it is only when you can hear that Song of Creation within your own heart, only then will you come to find the love you seek "out there".

That is why Saturn brings this feeling of loss or the lack of love, of a lesser love or being unloved. Not because it is true (for you are loved forever and always), but in order for you to feel that pain, to come to know that this cannot be true, that it is not "real". So you will seek even harder, you will go even deeper to secure the underlying, undying reality of the love that is at the core of you.

Venus meets with Saturn tonight, Beauty and the Beast begin a new journey together, and it is all about your circuitous journey to the heart of you, to the source of Light and Love that is within you, ever and always...The source of Love is within you, surrounds you and illuminates all of Creation too!

Closer, you draw to that light within...

Those shadows...will fade, fade away.

A better world awaits your heart...the dawning of brighter days.

As you draw nearer...to your love...

To the first, that sweetest song of songs...

Love's sweet melody...

Your Creation Song!

Mercury Turns Direct (November 26, 2012)

Mercury completes his thrice-yearly, three week long loop de loop of reflections, introspections and mental self-corrections (with the usual, those more than distracting sideshows of contrarian causes and effects)...You can breathe easier now as you begin to put into motion those discoveries, adjustments and improvements you came up with during the past three weeks...

Whatever was stuck, whatever was delayed or misplaced, (or misunderstood by you and by others) will now come back into a more felicitous alignment. You can proceed with your usual experiences of observation, analysis and expression...but hopefully you can take with you a greater understanding of your constant need, day in and day out, to be more self-aware, solicitous and circumspect.

For that is what Mercury retrograde reminds you, that you need to be more aware of your propensity to assume too much and to question too little about your perceptions and knowledge about yourself and your world. It is far too easy to become complacent, to assume and seek self-validation and avoid contrary indications...

You should take some time, perhaps several times during each and every day, (and not just during Mercury retrograde), you should take some time to pause and re-consider your assumptions and "facts". You need to listen more intently to one another's points of view...and then, with that enhanced and tempered awareness, plunge back into your spheres of action and activity with more grace, poise and humility. Now would not that be something to see!

So yes, breathe easier this evening as Mercury turns and your life can move forward again with fewer embarrassing and annoying stumbles...

But you should also take with you this healthy reminder that you must always be vigilant...you need to maintain your self-awareness and reflectivity at all times so as not to fall into error so easily...

For you are what you thought, you will become what you think...

Think about that!

Venus Enters Scorpio (November 21, 2012)

You have taken the measure of one another, you have sought the balanced way, measure for measure, as you offered and received, as you tried to walk the middle path with one another, the path of conscious counterpointing, the path of peace...and you did it with grace, and beauty and love...

But the wheels of life are spinning 'round and Venus must take her plunge, she is here to take you deeper, into the waters, into the depths of your feelings for one another. There she will help you to find the "weaving way", of blending and bending, as she weaves her magic webs of love, bringing you much, much closer to one another.

For the next three weeks, Venus will take you into the mysteries of Love and Union. She will ask you to examine your values so that you might understand which of them are more true of you, which are the ones what are truly non-negotiable and make you, You! For anyone who wishes to be with you, would never ask you to give those up, for if you did, well, then they would not be able to experience a relationship with you...because you would no longer be there!

And, she will equally help to show you which values are more peripheral to the real you. Those values are not essential or consequential, and can be sacrificed and surrendered to create or strengthen your shared space of We with one another. For you must know, it is part of the dance of life, you must be willing to sacrifice to grow, you must be willing to give if you are to receive the rewards of a greater life.

For that is the mystery and beauty of True Union, that is the source of the growth you will experience through a True Relationship. What is essential, what it demands and offers, is that you make a deeper commitment to what is true for you and you let go of what is not. You give up the lesser values of your life as you forge a deeper tie with one another...and magically, wondrously, you find that in moving closer to your beloved, in drawing close to one another, you have actually come that much closer to your own true self! For the only path you can follow...is Love.

Let Venus take you into the Waters of Union...

Where you will hold and you must let go.

You will sacrifice and discover...Love.

Co-creating, you are the sacred makers of Union.

You will only find your way to one another...

When you Love and Honor your own true Self!

Venus, goddess of Love...

Only love will show you the way.

Sun Enters Sagittarius (November 21, 2012)

You are back again, moving into the world of Ideals, reaching for your inspiration in the realm of Fire...

After eight signs, having walked the circle of life for almost three seasons, the wheel of destiny comes to this final turning of the Astrological Year. You are ready for one more push, through Fire, Earth, Air and Water. Now you begin the Final Four Signs, and as before, you begin with Fire...Today you cross the threshold of Truth, you release yourself into the world of Sagittarius.

You have emerged from the Waters of Union, from those mysteries wherein two moved closer to becoming one, the wondrous yet challenging transformations of Scorpio. What is this urge that is pulling you, drawing you upward and outward now? You need to know, you need to understand...you seek the more inclusive perspective, you wish to gaze upon those freer, wider vistas...you need to find it...the Greater Understanding.

You must put these experiences you have Felt into some larger perspective, to see what explains your life now and where you might be heading next...And, and you have discovered more about this world and yourself, you find that you have something to offer now, something to share with the world as well...

So it is time to dip into the Well of Wisdom and explain your greater story to yourself. You need to step back and see the bigger picture, to link your own experience into a larger framework of meaning, to look again at what guides your steps, to examine what you believe to be true, whether that be in Philosophical or Religious or Scientific or even Metaphysical explanations. You need them more than ever now, because even more will be asked of you...and you must prepare. You enter those hallowed halls of the Greater Understanding and seek for your most elusive treasure, to be at Peace, to have Peace of Mind...

But remember, your own story, your experiences, are part of this history too, and you need to add your understanding to this greater Well of Wisdom, for that is how it has always grown...and that is how you can help one another now. Partake of the Well, let it soothe your soul, and add your full measure too.

This is a time for storytelling and story sharing, this is when you need to look back to the Ancient Ways and see how they speak to your Heart and Soul and Spirit. You need to come together and share your understanding with one another, to join in ceremonies that re-affirm the ancient truths, to look at other times, to visit other cultures to see how it is so very different and yet just the same, always the same...

You need to walk among the soaring Cathedrals of forest, to look upon those far horizons of meadow and field, for Nature's mysteries hold the key to your own. Then turn and bow your head as you behold the mighty treasures found in ancient scrolls and testimonies of those who came before...Yes, many have been this way before, for your past is present and you will never walk alone. You need tell your new stories and re-tell the old ones too as you connect them all with this greatest story ever told, this your journey of Life-Consciousness-Spirit...

Then you will remember, where it all began...you lift up your head and look to the heavens all around, you turn and look at your wondrous Star burning brightly in this quickening Autumnal Air. For know this, though it cannot be seen nor profaned by any mortal eye, behind your Lord beaming, beyond your Sun there is the greatest wonder for you now.

Behind and beyond your Star is the innermost sanctum at this time of year, in clouds of darkness and light, you are peeing into the heart, the center of your Galaxy, into the mysteries of your beginnings, and your destiny too. Your Alpha is there, long, long ago...And your destiny, well that is your self-becoming wonder, many lives and greater distances, yes many more yet to be travelled, many long ways to go before you can be behold what is to be...

For now, it is enough, to know that you are reaching...

You are striving, and searching and seeking...

To Understand, to Accept, to Prepare...for you must...

Move ever closer, closer to the crossing point of the Light.

As you follow the Ancient Injunction, always and forever...

"Walk On!"

Mars Enters Capricorn (November 16, 2012)

Your Drives, Your Desires...they are coming into focus...

You have been climbing for quite a while now, up that twisting, turning, ever-steepening path of self-realization...and now, as you come around the shoulder of your Spirit-Matter mountain, you can see it up ahead...your prize is just there, within reach.

Your passional pursuits, those ideals and dreams that inspired you to reach ever higher have pushed you beyond to this final hurdle...And now you seek what seems to be the ultimate prize for you, it has taken form, it is the substantial proof of your worth (in this moment).

For some it is success, and is well earned. For others seeking by and driven by the outwardly seeming, they may find some passing fame (or infamy). So many strivers, so many souls seeking to lift themselves up...and some will ever seek to be above all others.

But all and every will find that there is a reckoning, all walk upon a winding path formed upon one fundamental truth. Your triumph, your self-fulfillment will always rest upon the mighty efforts of countless ones who have walked this path before (and with many who walk with you now)...so first must come Humility, Gratitude and Thanks for those helping hearts and hands...

You must take care now, as you reach for that next something higher...it is within your grasp, it is real and tangible to you now. Remember that you need always stay grounded as to how you really arrived here...That as you reach for the prize with one hand you equally extend your other (helping) hand to those still below, who seek to find and follow the pathway you have walked, the way that so many have come before.

For your real prize, (found within these outer forms), is formed and lived as you walk upon this path of honor and duty...it is your true spiritual fulfillment. It is that never-ending gift made by you for you...that you are the self-becoming, the self-unfolding wonder who's promise and progress is made by the releasing and realization of the divine that lives within you.

You have sought forever, seeking all around and about, but you find that your Goal has always been here, always held within your sacred space, your ever-faithful guide, your higher self, the beloved.

You have climbed the Mountain of Manifestation, seeking to become...

You draw close to your moment of Self-Fulfilling triumph.

Quick, you must drop down, on bended knee, bow your head...

And with Love and Humility...as you offer thanks...

You smile and extend your helping hand.

Mercury Retrogrades back into Scorpio (November 14, 2012)

Hermes is hurtling around the Sun and making his closest approach to Earth on Saturday when he forms a Conjunction with the Sun...That is when the Earth, Mercury and the Sun will all line up with one another. For you right now, he appears to be going backwards and today he slips from Sagittarius into Scorpio until December 10...what does this mean?

It means you are going to experience a shift of energies now and re-engage your Feeling-Mind again...You are turning from espousing your truths to inquiring more about how you know them! Apparently, the Universe is saying, that there is a little more digging needed here to uncover what is "really real", a deeper re-examination is required before you can move forward with a bit more clarity and certainty.

You do not know what you do not understand...so take your time to feel your way upon this path, for true understanding requires more consideration for the nuance and subtlety of Life-Consciousness-Spirit.

Your Head and your Heart need this...they need to work together if you are to understand your world in all its wondrous complexity.

It is Time, time to Think and Feel...Together.

New Moon in Scorpio - Total Solar Eclipse! (November 13, 2012)

The Eighth New Moon of the Astrological Year has something special for you this time. I wrote about this Lunation in my 2012 Forecast:

Solar Eclipse in Scorpio (November 13)

Right in the middle of Mercury's retrograde we experience the second New Moon Eclipse of the year. The theme for the Solar/Lunar eclipses is shifting now, away from the realm of thoughts and ideas (Gemini/Sagittarius) and onto the thorny questions of Value (Taurus/Scorpio). The release of some new understanding about the nature of your unions is being obscured by shadows from the past...time to confront those fears of rejection and loss and take the higher path of showing your strength by creating a better space for mutual sacrifice.

New Moons always provide a release of new spiritual inspiration to help guide you through the lessons and opportunities of the Astrological Sign that we are all moving through during that month. Usually two times a year, and roughly six months apart, something special happens as the Earth, Moon and Sun line up with one another in the same plane of orbital space. The Moon passes exactly in front of the Sun to bring about a Solar Eclipse, and a shadow falls upon and races across part of the Earth turning day into night.

This particular Solar Eclipse is happening in the Southern Hemisphere, starting by Northeastern Australia and speeding across the Pacific towards South America, so most of the world will not see this event directly...but the message of the Eclipse brings a nuanced meaning to this New Moon for you no matter where you reside.

Much Karma is held and passed on to you by your constant companion, the weaver of those webs of destiny, the Moon. The Eclipse provides a shock of Solar Illumination to these elements of your past, and something will be revealed that had been hidden from you, some block or fear that stood in the way of your growth will be thrown into stark relief.

The Sun, the Solar Ray, as representing your Higher Self, the Pure Potential of all that you can and will be, will burn through to reveal for you a deeper understanding of what always stands athwart your path and must be overcome...like in the tale of the Gordian Knot, you must free yourself by understanding the true nature of the challenge if you are to continue your journey of self-becoming.

What are these challenges? You know, oh yes you do...they are the negative self-cast shadows you have made long ago that must be vanquished so that you may move more freely, more truly...They are what you know as your Fears.

These failures of yesteryear, the doubts, anxieties and bitter emotions of your might haves but were not, these emotional complexes must be faced and released if you are to reach what awaits you beyond the shadows, what you have always dreamt of and wished for...and at this time, you long for this one true thing, the Union with the Beloved.

What is this present form of fear then, what is this shadow that looms at this time of year? The fear you face now is your fear of rejection, the fear of abandonment, the fear of loss...you fear that you will lose one another...that you will reject one another out of fear, that you both will fall again.

The Sun through the Solar Eclipse illuminates this fear so that you can see it for what it is...it is the Past. It comes from a time and place when you attempted but failed, or the other failed in their effort towards you, so the union that could have been was not. You do not want to feel that again, the awful echo of that pain causes you to do exactly what you should not do...it makes you react and lead with your fear. You approach this possible union now with trepidation and fear, you anticipate losing again...and by so doing, by acting on the basis of this fear you bring about the very thing you were trying to avoid...of course!

The Sun shows you the way through, burning through the gloom and shadows of your past to illuminate the one true path ahead...You must be fearless, for at your core you must remember, in the truest part of who you are which the Sun illuminates, you live in Love and you live without fear, forever and ever.

You have nothing to lose, and everything to gain by extending yourself yet again. You need to act from your Love and take another chance, make another brave attempt to create that requisite sacred space, that shared space of mutual vulnerability where two may become one. And then, and then ask the other to join you there...to take this chance with you...And maybe, just maybe they will also let go of their fear and join you there...

For Love recognizes Love...Love feels, rises and rejoices...and fear, fear has no hold.

Love is always drawn to that, to itself...to the Light...

It is within you, it is You...lead with it always.

Lead with Love!

Neptune Turns Direct (November 10, 2012)

Your Intuitional or Third Eye is turning outwards again...it is time to "clear-see" through to the external experience of your world, to see more truly, to see what is "really real" behind those swirling veils of Reality Matter (and that those who truly know of these mysteries have called the illusionary appearance of Reality...or just purely and simply - Maya)...

Since June, your special sight, your precious Insight, was turned within, to help you better espy within yourself those many hierarchical forces and forms that you are compounded by...In many cultures, in many traditions, the division of your being is enumerated in various ways. Some merely divide your existence into Spirit and Matter, or a Body, Soul and Spirit. Theosophy enumerates your nature into a 1) Physical Form or Body, an 2) Etheric Body, an 3) Astral or Emotional Body, a 4) lower Mental Body, a 5) higher Mental Body, a 6) Spirit Body and a 7) Divine Seed. There are so many ways to describe your majesty and mystery, and no matter which one or ones you follow, each can help you to find the way to the truth of who you really are.

For this is what is of utmost importance, nothing is more necessary than this, for the key to living completely, to becoming fully human, to becoming what you are to be...the key to this is to always follow the Masterful injunction: "Know Thyself!"

Even modern physical science recognizes that you are a "host" of many life-forms, that within and upon you reside many other beings, many of which if you were suddenly deprived of, that very loss of those "lesser" life-forms would jeopardize your very existence.

You in fact are you own little cosmos, and your personal consciousness and awareness in fact stands as the presiding God of your little or personal "Universe of You". You are in fact a microcosm of the greater worlds around you, what is called the Macrocosm...The lesser reflects the greater and so by better knowing yourself you can ascertain more about the truths in the worlds around you too...That is why it is said: "As Above, So Below"...

But now your attention (and intentions) need to be turned outward to that greater mystery that surrounds you...you need to turn your Lucid Eye so that you might better understand a little bit more about your journey as it unfolds "out there", out there in the pulsing, swirling host of intersecting beings and consciousnesses that is known as Life-Consciousness-Spirit.

As you move through all these realms, both visible and invisible to you, you need help in discerning what is more real from what merely appears real to you. To a great extent, you do this with your fellow companions. You compare experiences, challenge one another's point of view, share your insights with one another, constantly improving and refining your understanding of the greater reality through which you move, as you help one another to create a shared sense of understanding about this wondrous Universe.

But you also have an inner guide too, your own Higher Self steadfastly waits within you, and who at times is able to break through the noise and distractions that delight/distract/captivate your outward senses, (and so can often deceive you). Your higher self can come through to lift you up to moments of epiphany where the dualities and divisions or ordinary reasoning dissolves before the compassionate understanding of your Higher Spirit.

How can you access this special sense, where can you hear your inner voice? All you need do is make yourself available, to be open, to take your filters and blinders off and ask for help. For some your puzzle or dilemma may be solved while sitting in your meditation, for others it may drift in while you are taking your daily run. For many if not most the simplest way is to consider the matter carefully before retiring for the night and calmly ask for help and guidance, and it will come...help will always come.

Turn your radiant lamplight, turn your intuition outward now...

Dispel the shadows, those lurkers of Fear and Ignorance.

For too long they have held you in their thrall...Awaken!

You are a bright shining Being, a Divinity returning to the Light.

See yourself in the atom, and in one another too.

Then turn your gaze upwards to see...shining oh so brightly there...

Your Destiny, your Future in the Company of the Stars.

Venus Trine Jupiter (November 9, 2012)

Today is about Beauty and Truth...

Today is a day for Love and Faith.

Today is your day for Happiness...Today your day of Joy!

When the planet of Beauty and Love (Venus) makes a trine to the planet of Truth and Faith (Jupiter)...well let us just say it is a very good day indeed! Many will call this a "lucky day" and they should for it certainly can feel like that as things seem to be going rather well...

But what you really need to understand is that today is a day that the Universe will return to you, "measure for measure", what you have given to one another. For in each and every day, you move through your world by creating those thoughts, feelings and actions that form the substance of your life...But these very "children of your life" then circulate out into the world and affect many, many others both near and far.

Eventually those creations, your children of mind, heart and will, they will come bending back and return to you their creator, as they must. This is the fundamental principle that governs this Universe, and it is this truth which is so wonderfully brought home to you today.

You reap what you sow...The Law of Karma is the Law of the Universe and it is your unfailing promise that Justice will prevail and Truth will win the Day...eventually.

For it takes time, time for each soul to understand and appreciate this law, because oftentimes the effects of Karma play out over the course of a lifetime, or many lives. You certainly have seen your fair share of "instant karma", like when you get angry with yourself or someone else and then suddenly break something or injure yourself.

But most of the creations that stream forth from you will circulate around and intersect and interact with many others, so it may take years or lifetimes for the energies to return to you...but they will...And so you must ever strive to create the good.

Today you are blessed by those positive efforts (or good children) you sent on their way...your kind thoughts, your loving feelings and gentle acts will come streaming back to you and you will feel blessed...as you should.

But you should also know that you made this happen, and you need to keep it on making it happen by living a consciously spiritual life of kindliness and love for one another.

Today you celebrate Love and Beauty...

Today you live within the splendor of Truth and Faith.

Today you reap what you have sowed...

May your harvest be joyful, your blessings bountiful...

And may you receive, create and share the Joy that you are becoming.

For the Love you have is always equal to the Love that you make.

Forever and ever, you are the self-becoming wonder.

In Beauty and Truth, with Love and Faith...

You are the past, you are the present and...

You are the promise of what will be!