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I write a monthly lunar forecast for a small local paper. Since I live in a rural area where people enjoy activities like hunting, fishing, and gardening, my forecast includes those activities. Even if you live in a suburban or urban setting, you can still make use of my forecast. Enjoy!

Most people are aware of the phases of the moon that occur during the course of a month. Traditional almanacs and calendars indicate moon phases and societies have observed a connection between the moon and mankind for centuries.

What many people are not aware of is that the moon transits each of the twelve astrological, or zodiac, signs during the monthly lunar cycle, staying in each sign for two or three days. Each sign has the elemental quality of fire, earth, air, or water as well as its own unique set of characteristic attributes. These elements and attributes can have as noticeable an effect on our daily activities and emotions as the pull of a full moon can have on the tides.

December is a unique month, astrologically. Until the last day of this month, all planets will be in direct motion and we will be energetically free of the phenomenon known as a planetary retrograde. This is a rare occurrence that may be experienced collectively as an uplifting of hope and a desire to move ahead to better ways of being. Planets in retrograde can have a tethering effect, causing us to look back or carry things from the past. We now have a special opportunity to live more fully with fewer restrictions.

As we move from the darkest days of December to the increasing light that accompanies the winter solstice and the Christmas season, know that this month is special. Two distinct images come to my mind, representing the energy of December – a helium balloon being released into the sky, or a brand new sketch pad. What plans or dreams will you set free to soar? What unlimited picture of your future will you sketch for yourself?

December 1, 2, 27, 28, 29 – Capricorn/Earth
Good for hunting and woodcutting. Any practical and optimistic plans begun at the beginning of the month will yield real and positive results by the time the New Moon is in Capricorn on the 27th. Capricorns appreciate quality and practicality in gifts and are attracted to wood, metal, and stone. When they receive a gift that increases in monetary value or flavor over time, they feel they’ve scored big!

December 3, 4, 30, 31 – Aquarius/Air
Favors hunting for birds. The 3rd and 4th are good days to find the unusual gift or the unexpected sale, especially in electronics departments. Make travel plans now and lock in reservations. Aquarians are as unique as individuals as they are from other signs, making them tough to shop for. Weather monitoring stations, lava lamps, an astrology reading, or a subscription to their favorite magazine (they all have some off-beat interest) are possible gift ideas. Still stumped? Get them an Amazon or eBay gift certificate. Because Aquarius rules friendship and electricity, expect some highly-charged parties this New Year’s Eve.

December 5, 6, 7 – Pisces/Water
Favors fishing. A sentimental moon, ideal for trimming the tree, sharing eggnog, and tales of Christmas past. Avoid the stores and highways while the moon tends to make us overly emotional. Odds are, you’ll return home frazzled and frustrated, having spent your money too impulsively. Pisces like the sea greens and blues, silver better than gold (usually), things that remind them of fish or beach, anything sentimental or romantic, and (usually) smelly stuff like candles, incense, and bath salts. Movie and music gift certificates are safe generic gifts.

December 8, 9 – Aries/Fire
Clear clutter inside and out as you prepare for the holidays. Fix it if it’s broken or get rid of it. Complete any work projects you can to free up time to spend with family later in the month. Hanging the outdoor lights now will make the task go quickly, but remember to work safely. Aries loves the first of anything, whether it is a new video game, the first issue of a coin or stamp, or a signed first edition print or book. A scrapbook all about them, a portrait of them, their pet, or home, or a gift certificate for something they’ve never done before, like a rock climbing lesson, makes them feel special.

December 10, 11 – Taurus/Earth
Favors hunting. Follow through on work and projects. Shop early for holiday groceries and beverages now. This is a good moon to bake or prepare the kind of foods that freeze or keep well. Shopping also highlights the kind of items to be found at Bed Bath & Beyond. Taurus is an easy sign to please because they revel in all the senses. If it looks good, tastes good, or feels good, Taurus says it is good! They have a keen aesthetic sense and know quality when they see it. Ask them what they want, they’ll be glad to tell you. Both sexes tend to enjoy wearing gold jewelry and colorful stones.

December 12, 13 – Gemini/Air
This is the weekend to rush from store to store, checking your list twice. How about swapping some childcare time with friends or family so you are free to power shop now without youthful interference? Kids will be bouncing with holiday excitement this weekend. Direct their energy toward helping with cleaning, decorating, wrapping, and last-minute Christmas cards. Geminis have a tendency to become bored easily, which makes computers and cell phones highly appealing to them. They enjoy going places, so tickets to events or attractions give them the tingle of anticipation – their favorite feeling! The Full Moon of the 12th amplifies communication and excitement.

December 14, 15 – Cancer/Water
Favors fishing. That holiday break seems so close, yet so far! Soup and sandwiches, connecting with family, early bed and bath will do wonders to restore flagging energy levels. Watch a favorite feel-good Christmas movie or have your family photo portrait done now. Cancer is an emotional and protective water sign that appreciates any gift that makes them feel nurtured or remembered, be it a heated stadium seat, a certificate for a massage, or a framed photo of their family. Homemade goodies and handmade gifts touch their hearts. Cancer kids LOVE ant farms or hermit crabs.

December 16, 17 – Leo/Fire
Enthusiasm rises again and the joy of the holidays is infectious now. These are the best days for school or work parties. Consider taking the kids out for ice skating and a drive through Bristol Motor Speedway in Lights now to avoid weekend crowds. Leos are fun to shop for because they enjoy getting gifts. They especially like fancy wrapping, the box in a box in a box before they get to the small gift inside trick, and usually try to guess what their gift is, if they haven’t already pressured you into telling them what it is – they dislike waiting for anything. Monogrammed plush robes make them feel royal, as does a signed coupon entitling them to a day of your royal servitude.

December 18, 19 – Virgo/Earth
Favors hunting and housekeeping. Tie up loose ends now so that the rest of the week is free of holiday stress. Virgo shares some earthy tastes with Capricorn and Taurus, but it is ruled by Mercury, an airy planet, making “how tos”, DIY books, kits, and systems attractive to them. Although most Virgo females enjoy flowers and jewelry, the majority of them are more interested in things that are both beautiful as well as useful, such as cashmere sweaters or sheets with the highest thread count. Male Virgos feel the same way about their tools and toys.

December 20, 21 – Libra/Air
These are the best days for beauty and baking. Hair, nails, choosing the holiday clothes are favored. Christmas cookies and kisses under the mistletoe are sweet things to be enjoyed. Couples, take time out together to chart your united course through any choppy family seas you may encounter while visiting in-laws this Christmas. Librans enjoy gifts that are visually stimulating or attractive, whether it is an item to entertain them, such as a game or movie, or something to decorate their home, yard, or themselves. Libran children enjoy dressing up in grownup clothes and uniforms.

December 22, 23, 24 – Scorpio/Water
Favors fishing. Scorpio is a secretive, mysterious sign. The days leading up to Christmas may be filled with more than the usual feeling of suspense as a result of this energy. It is a sign of intensity, both light and dark, high and low. People’s emotions may swing just as wide during these days, and more so if there has been significant loss or change in one’s life or family this past year. We are capable of feeling sorrow and joy at the same time – bittersweet. A Scorpio is the most difficult sign to shop for unless you know their passion – and they all have a passion for something. Unless you have an insider’s edge, stick with money. Cash is never tacky to a Scorpio, who enjoys being in control of how, what, and where to spend.

December 25, 26 – Sagittarius/Fire
Christmas is blessed this year with jovial, good-humored Sagittarian energy. Spirits will be high and lots of fun should be had by all. Any apprehension or moodiness in the days preceding these will have been forgotten in the enjoyment of the festivities. Much sharing and gratitude will be present now as well. Sagittarians are an easy bunch to shop for – they enjoy humor, adventure, and friendly competition. Some enjoy the pursuit of knowledge, making Guinness World Record books or Trivial Pursuit games a good gift choice. Send them to Disney World or Space Camp, no matter what their age, and they will never forget you.

Thursday is National Smokeout Day. As I sat here thinking of things to write about cigarettes, tobacco, and how not to be a smoker, I had a flash of the comedian Bob Newhart in his $5 shrink skit where he listens to a woman present her problem and then looks at her with that wonderful straight face of his and abruptly yells at her, “Stop it!”

Please, for the love of yourself and for the benefit of your friends and family and everyone who cares about you – STOP IT!

For the most part, people either smoke or they do not. Very few people are able to smoke a little here or there and not allow it to control them. Think of how many times you’ve heard a smoker say (or said it yourself, if you smoke), “I’m dying for a cigarette.” People addicted to the nicotine in tobacco feel like crawling out of their skin when they need their fix and they would pick dirty butts up off the ground or scrounge them from ashtrays to relieve the craving. Pot, booze, and food offer their own forms of pleasure, but cigarettes offer just one true pleasure to a smoker – the relief that comes when the demand for nicotine is met. Looking back on my years of smoking, I cannot truly say it gave me true pleasure in any form – certainly not like a fine wine or good dessert.

All the cool images associated with smoking are just mental manipulation as is all the packaging. Adult boxes of “candy” for the mouth. Most smokers become smokers in their teen years when they still have the mindset that responds to the packaging prompt, instilled in them from years of standing at checkout counters next to candy stands with their parents. Some get caught because the adults immediately around them smoke and some just can’t wait to be able to do “adult” things. The cigarette pack is another adult symbol to tote around, like the car keys.

Native Americans hold tobacco sacred and I’ve always wondered if that is because of its strong addictive properties. Do they partake of the pipe and offer up tobacco to Great Spirit to align with and recognize the great strength and power to control that is in the herb itself?

Now I will tell you smokers what every ex-smoker, like me, usually says. If I can do it, so can you. That is the absolute truth. But I’ve spoken to very few ex-smokers who claim it was easy! The good thing about becoming free of your smoking entities is that you will finally feel free and you will feel better about yourself than you can imagine. A real feeling of accomplishment comes along with returning to your natural smoke-free state of being.

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Admittedly, we are now past the 11:11 gateway. The 11:11 energy was followed closely by a full moon in the sign of Taurus on the 13th, which is now easing off some. I feel as though the intensity of the moon made for a bigger swell and a longer ride of the 11:11 wave that preceded the full moon. Many “tuned in” lightworkers who regularly report on energy had their updates ready in advance of these dates. I simply feel it as it happens and then assess the effect after it passes. Kind of like the old-fashioned way of watching TV – getting up to change the channel, then sitting back down and taking in the big picture before deciding what to do next – watch it or get up and change it again? Anything that predicts an influx of energy or a change can only give a partial picture or view of what is being transmitted. We don’t really know what we’ve received or how to respond to it until it has arrived. Now that it has crashed on our shore, I’m sharing the flotsam and jetsam I’ve gathered this week while I’ve been energetically beach combing.

A very specific phenomenon for me this past week has been the experience of panic and anxiety attacks, followed by strong feelings of well-being and calm. Never having experienced anything quite as extreme as this, I suspect it is a planetary vibe affecting many right now, although my own personal life has had a fair amount of recent potentially stressful situations.

The Taurus full moon may have precipitated heightened emotions around issues of security, especially financial, as Taurus is the sign that has to do with second house issues. Material possessions, money, and personal values are the key second house issues.

A quick look at the Yahoo news headlines this week tells us the economy sucks. Not worth elaborating on. Basically, banks, jobs, automobile industry are all floundering. I was thinking of the word economy this week. E=energy, CON=consciousness, MY=we pronounce it “me”, but the letters spell “my”. My energy consciousness. As a group, it should reflect our consciousness around energy. The word hardly seems appropriate to describe what the economy really has become. There has been a usurping of that energy and a misuse of it for so long that it is no longer a group collective entity. It is something that has been so energetically drained. Economy when the letters are rearranged is co-money. Money together, shared together, used together. How do we collectively restore the word to its proper vibration and meaning?

The double digit phenomenon is happening all the time now and everyone seems to be noticing it. A lot of forum and blog posts related to the numerology of it all, the meaning behind the numbers, have been posted recently. It occurred to me yesterday, as I saw another double digit, that the actual digit is not important. Whether it is a 1, 2, 4, etc. is not so relevant. What the phenomenon is telling us is that the mirror is reflecting and we can see two worlds, two dimensions up against each other right now. We can look at the one digit to one side or the other digit on the other side. I feel they are right alongside each other right now and a fault line or crack has begun between them. Wherever we stand with one foot on one side and one foot on the other, we will feel the ground moving under us – we will be aware we only have a short amount of time left to clear issues from the one dimension before we have to jump that fault line.

In my own life, the past is being presented to me in terms of Taurus/second house issues. My fridge has little word magnets on it and the other day I found the word “past” on the floor. Jethro Tull’s “Living in the Past” gave me an auditory nudge. My daughter has a Taurus ascendant and this full moon is shining fully on her as well because the past I am now clearing is her father and issues of child support.

Money issues in the news and money issues in peoples’ lives are what this moon is all about. Recently, I encountered another “I hate money.” individual. Having encountered this before, I looked at myself closely and became aware that it is much better for us all to love money. Even if we are all fed up with money and have negative feelings toward it and those who have lots of it or seem to control, withhold, or misuse it, it is still a form of energy exchange and until that changes, we have it as a system we work with. I love animals and kids, and they stick to me like glue and try to follow me home. I intend to feel the same about money. And for those of us struggling with negativity in one form or another around money who would like to see money be done away with entirely (those of us who longingly point out that it’s not necessary in other dimensions/star systems, how we are the only primitive beings using it), I’d like to remind us all of something a wise master teacher said – love thine enemy. Another insight I had around money is the whole “money is dirty/bad, I am somehow bad for wanting it or asking for it.” Well, in the past, people who sensed that vibe and the lack of self-worth that accompanied it gladly reflected that belief back to me and I bent over to allow them to withhold the money I denied myself. Not only did my mis-thinking limit myself, but it limited my family as well. We truly do not serve anyone when we do not serve ourselves first. There are so many people with extremely big plans and dreams that lack only the money to implement them. Dreams that would bring great healing or beauty to the world. Love money and see all the good it can do. Love people and corporations with lots of money and see them spreading it around. Love it so much that everyone has too much of it and has already done all they desire with it, and people turn to each other and say, “Would you like some money? I have too much of it.” the same way they might share a meal at a table with others.

Another 11:11/full moon note of interest concerning values. My recent Obama post mentioned the racist vibe in the county in which I live. Today’s Yahoo news headlined an outbreak of racism and white supremacist crap going on in the South. Sadly, most things being reported are being perpetrated by young people. As I mentioned in my post, they are only reflecting what they see and hear at home and from their elders. The general intolerance and ignorance in this part of the country is calling out for more light and healing. I wonder if the age of the mountains in this region has anything to do with the way people living in them are so locked into denser vibrations from the past. If you are a regular meditator or energy worker, please include the Southeastern region of the United States, especially the Appalachian Mountains, in your thoughts.

On a positive note, my daughter had a recent message from her Pleiadean twin. They have received the news of Obama’s election win and told my daughter that they are pleased and said, “The plan is working. We can continue to move forward.”

I received an interesting message this week that I think was given to me as a confirming sign of positive energy shifts we are making as a whole, “Look for babies being born with violet eyes.”

Now that the election has come and gone, I am going to share some thoughts and observations that have come to my mind since the event itself. One of my faithful friends sends me great stuff to read in my e-mail. In fact, she is so good at consistently sending me e-mail goodies on a wide range of topics that she might want to consider her own site of top picks for the well-rounded ‘net surfer. Other than the Yahoo headlines I see when I check one of my e-mail accounts, her e-mail forwards on Obama have been my main source of information concerning his election.

It was with great joy and tears of my own that I scrolled through photos my friend sent of people all over the world crying their own tears of joy and what I can best describe as relief. I would have liked to have been in a place where people were openly sharing their joy and celebration, but I kept my celebrations private and to myself. The energy of the town I live in the day after the election was similar to the day after Christmas – quiet, withdrawn, post-party letdown, but minus the wrapping paper/conspicuous consumption trash at the curb. The local paper printed a formal, perfunctory photo of Obama alongside other politicians elected into other offices, all the photos the same size. Bits of radio programs I’ve overheard are anti-liberal, where-did-McCain-go-wrong-so-it-doesn’t-happen-again attitude or claiming Obama is already changing his tune on many issues now that he has been elected President.

Sadly, my son, who is eight years old, reported that the kids in his school voted and McCain won. He’s shared some of the racist comments the youthful McCain supporters in his school have uttered and how they say the terrorists are going to come get us all now. I’m sure their young minds did not come to these conclusions on their own. I can only hope that for the people of this county who are clinging to so much that is untrue or no longer works that the proof will be in the pudding and time really will tell. Healing the damage done these past eight years will be an enormous task for our new President-elect.

Thankfully, with his sun in the sixth house of his progressed chart, he is a natural healer and not afraid to work. With a busy fifth house, he will have plenty of creative energy, high spirits, and friends to help turn some of the tasks into fun projects and with the Jupiter/Saturn conjunction in his tenth house we will experience him as firm but kind and the changes and growth he implements for our society will be a solid blend of what is beneficial and what is realistic and practical. His entire progressed chart pattern is one that shows an individual who thrives by interacting with others and being of service.

Barack’s step-grandmother Sarah Obama in Kogelo, Kenya

There has been such a global interest in this election and such global support of Obama that I believe his administration will have positive global effects and that we will move forward collectively toward a more peaceful and cooperative way of life everywhere.

My own pet peeve – the change I would most like to see in the USA is the complete elimination of the word “race” on forms and applications. Human is really the only true answer.

Japan

Today I looked at the aspects between Obama’s birth chart and his wife, Michelle’s birth chart. They have some wonderful synastry and are a strong couple. Besides nice Venus connections for affection, they have excellent Mercury linkages enhancing their communication, a few nice sexual linkages, and two life-long linkages, one involving Neptune/Venus and the other involving Chiron and Juno. They also have power couple linkages. She is a vibrant and intelligent woman and based on her abilities and the strong links between her and her partner, I expect she will be doing more in the White House than redecorating or having her photo taken for the cover of ladies’ mags.

The planetary transits and the card cycles of their birth cards indicate that the whole campaign process and the upcoming move to the White House has been hard work and that their relationship will change as a result of their lifestyle changes, but there is plenty of astrological “glue” between them, and they already have a strong belief in each other and the relationship to help them weather those changes.

Jerusalem, Israel

I pulled my copies of “Cards of Your Destiny” and “Love Cards”, both by Robert Lee Camp, to see what the Obamas’ birth cards are and what their cycles have on tap for them. Barack Obama is a 9 of diamonds – Universal Values, the Giver, and Michelle Obama is his past life connection card, the 10 of diamonds – the Blessed card. I did look at the upcoming cards for them both for the year, but hesitate to expound on them here. When I visited Robert Camp’s website today (where you can find a free reading for yourself, BTW), I saw that he recently began a blog of his own and touched briefly on the subject of Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Sarah Palin’s birth cards. He is the expert on the subject and I am sure he will post more on both the Obama’s cards.

When I lived in Asheville, NC, I was fortunate to be a test subject for one of Robert Camp’s workshops. His students learning to master the system all had a chance to look at my life spread and my upcoming cards and share their knowledge with me. You don’t need to take a workshop to learn how to use Camp’s books for your own personal enjoyment. They are easy to use, highly and uncannily accurate, lots of fun, and guaranteed to be a set of books you always keep – or gift to friends and have to replace, as I have done with several sets.

Sydney, Australia

Recently, I was gifted money that enabled me to purchase a much needed vehicle. On day three of ownership, I was faced with replacing an alternator. When the mechanic replaced the alternator, he let the car run in the shop for a while to make sure the part he put in was working OK. The shop filled with smoke and he diagnosed a blown head gasket.

The car had shown no such signs when I looked at it – good, clean oil, no smoke or other exhaust, no overheating, etc. The news of this just didn’t compute for me, but I immediately recalled my own past experiences with vehicles requiring head gaskets and how I recently flinched involuntarily when the same mechanic showed me a vehicle he was going to fix up to sell that had a blown head gasket. I can think of several stories of manifestation in my past where I got exactly what I did not want because my attention was on what I did not want.

After I dispelled most of my emotional charge around the new repair and detached from it, I recalled a little Zen story of good fortune/bad fortune coming and going to a man and how his neighbors would comment, “How terrible!” or “How wonderful!” depending on the event, but the man always responded “Perhaps” in a calm and unconcerned state of mind. The actual ease in which I connected with the car, the fact that it had things I wanted but had been unable to find in other vehicles in my price range, like a great CD player and sound system, lower miles, decent gas mileage, clean body, and a color I have always wanted, a beautiful deep purple, have reinforced for me that there are no mistakes, things are for my highest good and God is everywhere and in everything. Perhaps the repairs needed are simply stretching me to rise up to a higher value vehicle than I had thought I could have. When Spirit is expressing through us, the energy is expansive – to do more and be more.

For several years when I lived in Asheville, North Carolina, I was able to attend classes and Sunday meetings at a Science of Mind center. The Science of Mind/Church of Religious Science is an organization that uses Ernest Holmes’ writings as a basis for its teachings. Some of you reading this may have read Julia Cameron’s “The Artist’s Way”. Her book references Ernest Holmes’ book “Science of Mind” throughout. Yesterday, I checked on The Center for Creative Living, my Asheville SOM center, to reinforce my positive mindset and remind me of the principles I know to be truth. I am delighted to see that there are some wonderful books available for free download now including Holmes’ classic, my own “North Star”, “The Science of Mind”.

The Science of Mind teaches a very specific method, called a treatment, for addressing situations and creating things as we wish them to be. One of the most important things in a spiritual mind treatment is to turn attention away entirely from the world of effect and put all thought on the realm of cause. The realm of cause is God-mind, the unseen and formless from which all form springs forth. We all know that when we are emotionally caught up in a drama in our lives, we find it difficult to look away from it and not be upset by our circumstances. A Science of Mind Practitioner can help people by treating for them, because the substance of God is in all of us. There is no-thing or no-one who is not part of the Oneness of that energy. The person doing the treatment can easily turn away from the world of effect and look to the realm of cause on behalf of the person seeking treatment and an effect will be demonstrated. If you are skeptical about this truth, consider the 100th monkey effect or the whole phenomenon of collective thought.

I can hear Barbara Waterhouse, minister of the CFCL in SOM classes reminding us to “treat, then move your feet!”

Miracles of many kinds happen as a result of a treatment because we leave the how and when of the manifestation to the Universe to work on. However, Spirit moves through everyone and everything, creating the miracles through them. If there are avenues we can open as possible means for our manifestation to come to us, we can move our feet to open them.

As a way of opening an avenue, I am making my astrological chart interpretation services available this weekend as a buy one, get one free. Two readings for $80. With the gift-giving season approaching, consider blessing yourself and someone you love with the gift of self insight while you bless me with the funds that will bless my mechanic. Blessings all around! Aloha.

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