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J a n u a r y 2 0 0 7
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Look at partnerships with an eye toward appreciating
quality. Where do you express your gratitude for the ones who
make your life special, and where do you spend time with those
who make life hell? The quality issue pertains to the thoughts
you entertain, the food you put into your body, and the people
you share life with. Life asks you to re-evaluate this month,
and choose only that which will help to move you forward to
your highest and best good. As you commit yourself to a life
of quality, you form an energetic field around yourself that
attracts more of what you focus on. This is why choosing that
which is uplifting at soul level is the best thing you can do
for creating a life well worth living.
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Evaluate your gifts and talents, not from a
critical eye that sees them as less than, but from an eye that
sees your own special way of doing things you love. Once you
see those, pretend you are a little child who is being supported
in every way by a loving universe that wants to nourish and
encourage you to flourish. Now, take it a step further and do
the things that will allow whatever brings you joy to be magnified
so that others can receive the benefit of your self-expression.
You can inspire, motivate, and bring light to many darkened
corners. Through your appreciation of the gifts you've
been given, you provide encouragement to others that instills
hope for themselves. That way, through passing on this precious
gift of appreciation, each person is special, and everyone is
blessed and becomes a blessing!
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There are practical realities to be taken into
consideration. How are you building your life plan? Where do
you have to be more thorough and follow through on promises
made, and where do you have to make revisions to what you thought
you wanted previously that may now have changed? The blueprint
for your life or for something more mundane is in front of you.
Don't gloss over the details or skip steps. As you build
it methodically, you'll translate your image into something
that has lasting value. Where necessary, you may have to tear
the old apart or let someone move on before embarking on the
new - but the opportunity is to believe more in yourself,
roll up your sleeves, and make dreams become reality.
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Changing information or circumstances appear
so that you can redefine what you are building for the future.
Where are your plans too small? Where do you need to challenge
yourself to risk to a bigger possibility? All the old buttons
can get pushed now, but shifts bring about opportunities for moving
forward. However, you could also use this time to jump from one
thing to another with no plan. If you did that, it would be a
shame. Direct your focus to pushing things forward, and be aware
of those who want to undermine or sideswipe you with legal entanglements
or deals that are too good to be true. Be flexible and adaptable,
but always read the fine print!
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Right from the get-go, relationships crop up,
asking you to determine where you are experiencing joy and fulfillment
in your family and with significant others, and where you feel
that expectations of you are stifling and cause you to feel resentful.
It's important to set boundaries and determine what is healthy
for you and others, and what is not. You do not have to save or
fix everyone - just do your part, and allow others the dignity
of their way in moving through life, just as you require now for
yourself. You have two choices this month in how you react to
things: Love and compassion or anger and martyrdom. |
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It's important to take time for yourself
in this first month. It will be a busy year with the needs of
others put in the forefront, but for now, it's time to fill
the inner cup with things that nourish your soul and replenish
your spirit. Retreat, engage in a workshop, visit someplace that
makes you feel connected to nature and God, or find a special
area of interest that deepens your understanding of life. This
can be an enriching and rewarding time - and you may even
find yourself connecting with someone new or from the past where
there is a feeling of destiny. Follow the inner calling. It can
lead you to all sorts of wondrous adventures! |
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It's an important time for organization
and focusing on bringing things into balance and alignment. The
year is about internal reflection and deepening your character,
but now you are called to take care of whatever is in front of
you to be done. By doing things in the moment, you eliminate a
need later to redo or pay a price for avoiding issues. Powerful
people can come to your assistance, and you may be singled out
for some kind of award or recognition for something done in the
past. Find your rhythm and embrace the dance of opposites -
bringing both the light and dark into the center of your being,
and integrating all who you are in a spirit of inclusion rather
that exclusivity. No need to judge. Just open your arms and move
with what life brings. Then let the deeper part of you rearrange
the molecules of possibility so you become more of who you are
intended to be! |
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There are things that call for completion. Someone
may need to move on, and your requirement is to let go with love.
It may be that you have completed a project or recognize that
certain attitudes no longer serve you. This is a month that calls
you to find gratitude for all the good that is in your life. As
you accentuate it, more comes. When you feel lack, you attract
that as well, so give appreciation for what is, and allow yourself
to be a beacon of light and reason for those who may still be
stuck in self-pity or entrapped by a sense of being less. You
can inspire and motivate others this month. As you see the bigger
picture, you reflect it to others, and the benefits can be amazing.
Reach up and embrace your connection to Source without condition.
Then just see what goodies are provided! |
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Focus on your sense of individuality and your
abilities as a leader. Others may look to you to lead the way
or to speak up for a position or group. You can do it, and as
you defer to your higher self, what you bring forward is sterling
and beneficial to all concerned. When you get caught in ego or
the smaller self, you can lead everyone astray. It's time
to allow the guidance of the mature angels of your better nature
to hold court and point to a larger possibility. Open the doors
provided, and plant seeds for future growth. Right now, assess
yourself without defense. Take a look at what you like, what you
would like to improve, and how you want to proceed. Then do it
in alignment with your inner guidance system. You might be surprised
and pleased with where that might take you!
© Kathleen Jacoby, 2006
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WHAT ARE YOUR GIFTS IN THE YEAR
2007?
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The opportunities are for a renewed sense of
individuality and the need to step out of the familiar way of
going about life. Leadership, courage, stamina, and all the things
that define the sculpting process of the diamond are underway.
This is a seed planting year as you attempt things. Not all will
come to fruition, but the effort is important. Grappling with
purely selfish wants and transmuting them into a larger vision
or purpose that enhances the lives of all concerned brings about
the noble qualities that define a great leader. Calling on unique
capabilities and a fresh vantage point are part of the requirement
this year. Align your will with higher guidance, and your endeavors
will be something you can be proud of by year’s end.
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This year calls upon you to overcome all that
keeps you from soul expression. Choices are very important. Choose
that which uplifts, nourishes, honors, and benefits you and life.
Release all mental constructs that pull you down. Avoid food and
stimulants that add no benefit to the wellbeing of your body.
Choose only partnerships that are mutually respectful, and know
that you have Divine partnership with inner guidance that is always
available as you reach within for assistance. An inner light illumines
your path, and can become a light to others when you attune to
your gifts and share them with the world. The time is now. The
requirement is discernment, and your contribution can bring needed
insights to a world in the dark. |
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You are a child of the universe. Your sense of
wonder and self-expression are important, and throughout this
year you will have opportunities to expand your gifts and to bring
your voice forward in creative venues that appreciate what you
have to offer. While a stage is set and waiting for you, there
may also be emotional pulls that cause you to sacrifice the opportunities
because of someone else’s issues. Life asks you to be more
detached. In looking at the universal year, #9, remember that
everyone is being asked to release attachment to limitation, especially
in relation to the number of the year in which you find yourself.
Who and what contributes to joy in your life? Who or what is critical
and restrictive to your higher calling? You can love others and
have compassion for them without being devoured by their inadequacy.
What is your bigger calling in life, and where are you answering
it, or deferring because someone else is blocking the way?
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Look at every area in life that is built on a
foundation. Where are your building blocks strong, and where are
they wobbly? Where do you have a healthy sense of self-esteem,
and where are you on shaky ground? Do you believe in yourself
and your abilities - in your capacity to take on something that
may seem beyond your present capacity, and your willingness to
risk to the unknown? Throughout the year, you have opportunities
to build or re-build. You can construct a strong and safe environment,
or you can be caught in a fear-based trap that causes feelings
of imprisonment. Gather the materials for establishing yourself
in a practical manner. Push beyond the perceptual boundaries that
limit you, and you may find yourself transforming from the caterpillar
into the butterfly. It’s your choice, and challenge. Risk
to the call of your higher possibilities, and fly beyond all roadblocks
from the past. |
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Throughout 2007, be ready and willing to adapt
to new criteria, shifting roles, expanding horizons, and change.
Flexibility is required, as well as good management of your time
and energy. You may react to restriction like a hormone driven
teenager, so it is important to allow your higher guidance to
act as the steadying influence when you are ready to react without
thinking. Pause. Consider. Assess. Be discerning. Then take action.
Many things can be accomplished when you direct the focus of your
exuberance. Too much information can put you on systems overload,
however, and then you may become hyper critical of others or yourself.
This can be a very revitalizing year in your life, with openings
to greater good. It will require that you be aware of how much
time you actually have to spend, and how much money. Reach for
your dreams. Strategize your moves, and act with boldness. This
is your life… so enjoy! |
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2007 focuses on all things related to family,
health, and service. You have opportunity after opportunity to
view your reaction to what is asked of you. Do you give with a
loving heart, or through a sense of obligation and duty? Are you
resentful for what is placed on your shoulders, or is it a joy
to give to others and see their reaction? Do you feel abused and
put upon, or loved and cared for? These are things to assess.
Expectations can create barriers to loving communication, so if
you expect too much of others, or feel their expectations of you
as a burden, create workable boundaries that define what you will
and will not do before it becomes a martyrdom issue. Loving relationships
can become more meaningful now, or go through crisis. Healing
comes through practicing love and forgiveness – not just
towards others, but towards yourself as well. |
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This is an important year for you. Look at your
assumptions about life and about yourself, and be willing to really
examine what is true for you and what has been assumed based on
what you were told you are, or how to think. You have a grace
given opportunity to dissolve all elements that defeat the real
you. By strengthening your link in spirit to the Divine, you may
come to know yourself in a way you have not previously realized
was possible. Special areas of interest, deep insights into life
or relationships, willingness to let what doesn’t work drop
away – all are avenues to a fuller expression of your gifts
and abilities. This is your time to do the spiritual work that
will make your life a symphony. Follow the sound of your higher
calling, and you will always be thankful you did. |
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This is a powerful year of contrasts. You are
able to see the light and shadow, to experience the ups and downs,
and feel the effect of past actions that lead to harmony, harvest
and blessing, or make you feel you are called upon to pay the
bills that are now past due. There is no judgment in this –
but there is a requirement to take care of each thing presented
as it comes up for action. The year calls for maturity, good management,
and organization. It shows you where you have paid too much attention
to one area of life at the expense of others that now need to
be cared for. It provides powerful assistance and responses from
others based on your efforts, so do your very best this year.
There is responsibility, but there is also help. Open your arms
to dance with life, and find the balance that makes your journey
a poised performance. |
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You are completing a nine-year cycle of life.
Therefore, there is much to review. What is important to carry
with you into the future, and what needs to be released? What
have you accomplished in this past nine years? What has blocked
you, and where have you overcome limitations? Are there relationships
that need healing or releasing? Are there attitudes that no longer
serve you? As you can look upon everything presented with a sense
of gratitude and appreciation for the gift embedded in it, you
open yourself to receive the grace and provisions of Divine guidance.
When you forget to be grateful, and fall into the trap of pettiness
and small thinking, you feel the isolation of tumbling from a
mountaintop of clear vistas that includes all life. Alienation
can only be overcome through opening the heart, inviting Spirit
to be the Source of supply, and moving into compassion, forgiveness,
and love. It may sound difficult, but once you open that channel
of receptivity, all things are possible!
© Kathleen Jacoby, 2006 |
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