Winter Solstice brings pause for reflection

How could it already be 2010! Does it seem to you that time is speeding up? While it may not be actually going faster, certainly our perception of time is changing as we work with grounding the new, higher frequencies pouring into our planet. During the Winter Solstice on December 21, as the sun entered Capricorn and joined the planet of transformation, Pluto, we were given an opportunity to pause, reflect, and realize which changes are currently needed in our lives.

Lunar eclipse precedes New Year, suggests dynamic changes will occur

A full moon lunar eclipse in Cancer on December 31 provides a glimpse into the energetic themes of the New Year. America certainly has the right President for our current times, because the theme is, in one word, “Change”! The main difference between 2009 and 2010 is that, while last year was characterized by much debate and planning, this year will be a time of dynamic action to bring profound changes about. This is true on a personal level as well as on a global and national level. Given that we are truly all One interconnected humanity, this eclipse takes us to a point of confrontation with our customary way of fulfilling our needs, bringing the realization that we can no longer simply look after “number one”; that we must act for the benefit of the whole.

New Year won't imply “green light” just yet; the past needs reviewing first

The New Year begins with both the planet of communications, Mercury, and the planet of action, Mars, in retrograde (apparent backward motion). Much that will be set in motion in the first three months of the year will need to be revised or redone entirely. Mercury stays retrograde in Capricorn until January 15, complicating travel plans, and urging us to spend time reviewing our systems and completing communications that began before December 26. Travel and business plans should be carefully reviewed and computers, phones, and vehicles will need updating, inspections or repairs. Being the planet of dynamic action, when Mars is retrograde, the effects are more serious or far-reaching. Retrograde in Leo from December 20 until March 10, Mars prompts us to review all of our creations; to look at what we have put in motion over the past two years and make decisions about what has worked and what hasn’t. This process provides invaluable insight to help us decide how we will move forward in the future.

Solar eclipse calls for sweeping changes

On January 14, we have a new moon, solar eclipse in Capricorn, calling for deep level changes in the systems that support our lives, including education, health care, financing, law, and politics. On a personal note, the eclipse symbolizes a point of no return regarding the changes we see as necessary in the management of our daily lives, our health, money, and work or business conduct. If you saw the movie, The Field of Dreams with Kevin Costner, then the phrase’ “if you build it, they will come…” will have some meaning for you. If you haven’t seen this classic movie, go rent it; let it inspire you, because this year will require us to take a leap of faith as we map out new territory. Notice which area the eclipse falls in your natal astrology chart; this is where you will experience the most change.

Aquarius lights the way for future creations

The sun completes its sojourn through Capricorn on January 19, moving into the sign of the humanitarian, Aquarius. Days before, Jupiter enters the water sign of Pisces, where it will stay for a number of months. For better or worse, Jupiter brings expansive growth. Over the past year, this generally beneficial influence had joined with Neptune and Chiron in Aquarius to expand our vision into the future and inspire humanitarian causes. Now in Pisces, Jupiter brings mystical insight and spiritual seeking to the forefront of our awareness. As the sun travels in Aquarius, with Jupiter’s vision lighting the way, we look toward our future creations with positive anticipation.

Inspired vision sparks renewal for humanity

Communication will begin flowing more easily toward the later part of the month, and, with Venus joining the sun, life will seem more pleasurable with our social calendars becoming more active. However, in the last week of January, Venus and Mars face off, creating quite a bit of dynamic tension that brings relationship issues to the surface; this is a great time to air any disagreements and find some resolution. On January 29, we have a full moon in Leo, opposite the sun in Aquarius. The seeds of change that began at the January 14 solar eclipse now begin to take shape. We release outworn ideas, systems, and goals that do not fit with our vision for the future, and we begin in earnest to develop a plan that will unfold our current intentions in the coming spring. May we all celebrate this New Year with joy in our hearts for the coming renewal of humanity’s spirit!

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Although every day is sacred, full of opportunity for learning, expression and sharing, some days are more conducive to beginning or advancing our endeavors.

In January, with Mars retrograde the entire month, one is advised to do research and planning, but not to initiate new projects, launch a new product, open a new business, or begin a new job. The following days are good days in which we may expect positive outcomes with existing projects: January 6-7; 10-12; 20-21 25-28 and 31.

The remainder of days are best spent refining and improving or redefining what is already in motion.

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	With the mid-month solar eclipse, your business or career is transforming in ways that you may not have considered before. You are being called to check your present reality to see whether it is actually meeting current needs, or if you are continuing through life in ways that no longer serve you. This month, you will be “re-visioning” your life purpose, along with the quality of your most intimate relationships.
	If ever there was a time for you to have a clear vision for your future this is it! Are you in love with your life or are you just going through the motions? You may be in for a spiritual revolution! There are dreams and aspirations that you have perhaps misplaced or overruled as impossible or impractical along the way that are now re-appearing. You have a couple of months to review your standing in life and create a new foundation; if you do this well, your life will transform.
	It is hard to imagine that your life is ever really dull as you dance between many interests, but this month you might feel that the rules have changed. Your fun-loving and creative side is challenged as you begin to fathom the ramifications of a deep commitment. You begin to realize how very powerful your thoughts and words are in shaping your current reality. It will serve you well to be evermore present in your company, actions and speech.
	You will be asking yourself if relationships are ever easy this month as you are called on to reexamine the quality of your interactions. Are you sufficient unto yourself or are you tending to lean on others and they on you? Is your love of home and family enough to sustain your present views of relationship? Allowing healing and transformation in your most intimate relationships will result in an entirely new quality of experience.
	You love to feel proud about your creations, including the work you do, but planetary energies this month call upon you to reexamine your motives to determine whether they are aligned with your soul’s purpose. You may find it challenging to communicate clearly until you allow a deep transformation of purpose to run its full course. If you do your personal work, you emerge with great clarity.
	Life is a celebration that we sometimes forget. Your reality check this month is about how seriously you take yourself and what you do in your life. You are encouraged to reevaluate your attitude to money and wealth and to be watchful that your attitudes accord with your own nature and are not borrowed from elsewhere. Let go and have some fun, be creative, enjoy!
	Balance is needed more than ever in your domestic situation right now as the eclipsing new moon indicates that area of your life needs reevaluating. It might just be an early spring cleaning or it might be that you need to reorganize everything about your home and family life to suit you better. The universe is calling upon you to really walk your talk when it comes to fairness.
	In this age of rapid and decreasingly personal communications you sense an urgency to be heard but in ways that reflect your extremely deep nature. On this self-examination hinges much of the course that your life is going to take in the near future, particularly in your career or chosen path in the times ahead. Following the mid-month new moon, you have new creative breakthroughs.
	Money matters are in the forefront of your awareness this month, and you are reminded to use your naturally vision-oriented attributes to peer beyond a “world economy” at standstill or in recession. The greatest opportunities can be perceived from the most dull-appearing situations, if only you allow yourself to see and trust your abilities. Sometimes the rules of life change altogether and you have the means to be the first to notice.
	Unshakeable in the face of overwhelming odds, you find yourself reinventing much of what you see around you by reexamining what is being revealed to you from within. You might have identified yourself with your chosen path or career only to find that, as the old identities fall away, new interests are catching your attention. The world as we have known it is no more and you can find yourself being drawn more and more into each precious moment as you witness the transformation happening. Sharing deeply with those you love will bring great pleasure.
	Rarely have you had the chance in your life to look so deeply within and you find many aspects of your own nature being revealed to you. As we enter the Aquarian Age, you sense the possibilities of a new world becoming more tangible. And yet, there are so many aspects of life and engrained attitudes that have to be transformed; this month you examine more deeply the philosophy by which you have lived. Perhaps you will expand your awareness to encompass a much broader scope of possibilities.
	There are many openings this month to spread your horizons and make contact with more people than you had ever imagined, if you will let yourself. Transformation is in the air and trusting yourself to let go into new possibilities of intimacy will bring you great fulfillment. Remember that your work needs your attention but that it is only one part of your life. This is an enormously creative time for you; dive in!

© Carola Eastwood, 2010

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

CAROLA EASTWOOD provides in-depth transformation astrology readings that open the doorway to fulfilling your life purpose. Offices in San Marcos, 760-298-0918. www.HumanDesignForUsAll.com.