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F e b r u a r y 2 0 0 7
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Express yourself more creatively during this short month.
Take time to enjoy those who are upbeat and positive. While
you are at it, be inspirational and encouraging to others. Laughter
is the best medicine now, and doing things that spark a sense
of wonder and bring out a playful spirit can make life very
worthwhile. If there are issues around sarcastic family members
or children, remember that loving does not mean drowning in
another's emotional drama. Make beauty and joy your companions,
and regardless of the weather outside, keep the warmth of love
in your heart, and be a light that brings sunshine to those
lost in the dark.
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It's a very good time to take stock of
your home, career, and life. Where are things working well,
and where do you need to reassess priorities? February requires
a practical attitude. Take care of things in a methodical manner.
Build the future on a realistic foundation. Check your attitudes
- and make sure that you are visualizing what you DO want,
rather than what you don't want. It's important
to be willing to stretch and reach beyond your comfort zone.
As you do, you open to possibilities that have been waiting
on welcome. We must die to the old before we are renewed, so
stretch those outer limits and watch the metamorphosis of transformation
unfold!
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Have you heard of the wild ride of Mr. Toad?
This can be one of those months where you are attracted to so
many things that it is hard to focus on any one. Travel, information,
people, ideas, expansion, activity... a veritable moveable feast!
So many things to do, and so little time!! Whoa!!!! If you jump
into everything without discernment, you dissipate your energy,
and may make costly mistakes. If you choose several things out
of the myriad of possibilities, you can focus and accomplish
worthwhile goals, and still have fun in the process. You'll
know the difference, because if you feel impatient, critical,
and moody, you're over-extended. If you feel vital, engaged,
and enthusiastic - you've chosen well.
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Focus on family, service, health, and your sense
of right and wrong. In this year of looking at all areas of structure
in your life, this month is about content. What is the value of
your relationships, your sense of service, your ideals? Where
do you have over-blown expectations of what others "should" do
or be, and where do you feel that kind of attitude directed toward
you? The opportunity presented now is to recognize that what may
be just right for you is not necessarily the right thing for others,
and vice versa. Rather than being in judgment, open your heart
and demonstrate forgiveness, and compassion. As you do, it is
reflected back. In all things, love is the answer.
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Take time from the hectic rush of this year to
reflect on the questions that are important, such as, Why
am I here? What is the purpose of my life? You may find
surprising answers that offer opportunities to shift focus or
to deepen an interest. Someone from the past may re-emerge in
your life to resolve something left unfinished, or a new person
enters where the meeting feels "fated". Everything
now is about the underpinnings of your life. As you open to a
deeper bond with your spiritual source, you can replenish and
revitalize yourself - preparing to move forward consciously
with your focus strengthened. Taking this time for inner reflection
pays large dividends throughout the year - so take advantage
of the opportunities presented to maximize the results! |
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Powerful people and opportunities may be presented
to help you move forward. As you take care of everything to the
best of your present ability, you are enhancing your spiritual
and physical savings account. When you avoid issues or requirements,
you are drawing upon credit, and will have to pay the price later.
This month requires finding balance and striving for harmony in
all things. See your life as a system of energy, and observe where
it is flowing, and where you are off center - too focused
on one area at the expense of the rest. Re-calibrate. Bring things
into rhythm, and when you are stressed, take advantage of music,
massage, and hydrotherapy. All are great equalizers as you embark
on a journey that requires responsibility and mature handling
of whatever you are called to do. |
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Look at your life and reflect on what is appropriate
to who you are now, and where you need to release attachment to
things that no longer fit. Attitudes, relationships, possessions
- what needs to be cleared out or moved to a different level
of importance? Everything this month calls you to look through
the eyes of wisdom. Petty responses are inadequate. As you direct
your focus to higher frequencies - to a larger vision -
you can reflect that to others. You can inspire and motivate through
an understanding of the Unity with all life. Lifting yourself
is also lifting others. Falling to the lowest common denominator
only leaves you at the base of a metaphorical mountain that you
must climb again before you find peace of mind and spirit. This
is God's month - regardless of what you call Life
Source. Listen. Absorb. Take to heart what is given with gratitude,
and reflect that light for the rest. |
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How are you moving forward in life? Are you standing
up for what you believe, asserting your individual identity and
leadership, or waiting for someone else to tell you what path
to follow? This month is about your strength of character, belief
system, independence, and willingness to focus on new directions.
The key is to do all of this within a framework of wisdom, rather
than brash reaction. The focus is on you as an individual, but
there is the lesser part of yourself and the greater. Reach up
and express the greater. As you do, you will make decisions that
are validating for everyone, and forge new inroads that make life
well worth living. Question for the month: How am I moving forward?
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You may have great insights this month and a
feeling of deep connection to Spirit and your sense of communion
with others. However, you may also feel spacey and detached. There
can be a sense of sudden connection or disconnection - like
the electricity going on and off. So it is up to you to remember
that within you there is an abiding light that never goes out
- even when appearances are to the contrary. Draw upon your
partnership with Spirit in all things. Choose quality in everything
you eat, think, and within all relationships. As you focus on
your inner light, you ignite a light for others - so regardless
of what is going on in the external world, remember who you are
and why you are here. Then let that knowing shine forth without
inhibition!
© Kathleen Jacoby, 2007
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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, 2007 |
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