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A p r i l 2 0 0 7
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Abounding energy and a desire for change can
cause you to leap before you look. Weigh the advantages of forward
movement based on what you have to give in order to get. Are
you setting ethics aside, or are you a pawn in someone else's
game of acquisition? Be aware of motives, and remember that
the Golden Rule is a guideline for successful living. You are
body, mind, and spirit - and the key to achieving your
greatest good is to make sure that your choices contribute to
the wellbeing of all concerned.
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Focus on family, service, and health concerns.
Rather than frustration over what others are doing or not doing,
set your intention on demonstrating love through action. As
you give with a full heart, recognizing the frailty of being
human, your compassion, forgiveness, and willingness to assist
will be met by appreciation and unexpected rewards. Resentment
attracts the same, whereas selfless service done through right
motivation can crumble the walls of hardened hearts. In all
you do this month, love is the answer.
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There are opportunities for inner reflection,
and taking time for appreciating subtleties. Nature, gardens,
water, mountains - the quiet spaces. These hold keys to
inner peace. Solitude can come as a choice or through a condition
that causes you to pause and take stock of yourself, your life,
and how you see the world. Dig a little deeper to excavate the
gold within. Then find a study or avenue of expression that
allows you to bring your gifts more fully to the forefront.
Prepare to be the symphony you were intended.
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You as organizer, manager, and director are called
upon. Any aspects of your life that are out of balance become
evident as your psyche calls for harmony and a sense of equilibrium.
You may be asked to handle practical considerations for others,
and you are prompted to be accountable for your own expenditures.
Past efforts can pay off. You may receive acknowledgement and
recognition for your part in an endeavor, or bills may now pile
up, demanding attention. It's the dance of opposites that
confronts you, and your course is to create a vibrant flow so
that you feel the joy of accomplishment and the stress release
that it brings.
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There is something to complete or release this
month. Before you can swing into the new, you have to leave what
no longer works. It's time to clear out old habits, attitudes,
relationships that are no longer viable, junk you've been
storing in closets - all the things that have been restricting
forward movement. There is powerful assistance when you are willing
to release limitations and focus on Gratitude and Appreciation.
Giving thanks for what is opens a door to more of what can be.
Resentment, victimization, and all feelings of self-pity holds
you prisoner in a stuck place that can only be released when you
reach up to a higher power and recognize that even though some
things are not understandable by us, the underlying reality is
a process of growth for our ultimate good. |
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New doors open as Spring comes into full bloom.
Assert yourself and your ideas, make the most of opportunities,
and accept leadership positions if they are offered. You have
more to give than you may realize, and this month asks you to
stand up and be counted. When forging ahead, make sure you are
considering the needs of all concerned, yet recognize that you
are the one who must be responsible for your own decisions in
the end. This can be the start of a new or renewed beginning,
allowing you to plant worthwhile seeds for your future. Enjoy!
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Awakenings come in subtle or extreme ways, depending
on our level of receptivity. This month may bring revolutionary
information or explosive situations that cause you to determine
what is worthwhile in your life, and what or who is pulling you
down. On the other hand, you may find a sense of soul fulfillment
now and need to translate your impressions into something understandable
to others. There is an elusive quality to the month, making you
brilliant in one moment, and feeling dumb the next. Everything
requires an overriding Faith that sings like the bird in the midst
of the dark, knowing the dawn will come. |
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Connect with your creativity and allow yourself
to be diverted into activities that bring laughter, song, playfulness,
and humor. This month calls upon you to be the child, or to utilize
your imagination for brightening and lightening your world. Choose
friends who are upbeat and supportive, and take any opportunity
presented to shine your light. When issues crop up that are based
on criticism, or family dynamics that pull you down, choose to
see the light side of events. Be loving to those who need support,
but don't be pulled in to their drama. When you choose to,
you can inspire and motivate others to great possibilities. And
while you are at it, work towards achieving those grand dreams
for yourself! |
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This is a month of death and rebirth. Not only
is Spring in bloom, but there is a rebirth possible within yourself.
Look to all structured areas of your life. Where are they binding
and too small, and where have you allowed yourself space and opportunity
to grow beyond limitations? This month is about looking at foundations
- strengthening those that are worthwhile, letting go of ones
that can no longer stand, and rebuilding the ones that need attention.
Stamina and practicality are important. But so is having a bigger
dream. Risk to receive. Relinquish your need to know and to control,
and let yourself move beyond self-imposed limitations so you can
soar towards infinite possibilities.
© 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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