Timeless Souls, in a Dimension of Time
UNDERSTANDING ASTROLOGY
The astrology chart has two facets to it. First, there is the birth chart which can be made for you a couple of minutes after you're born. Think of it as a seed and potential that is still unmanifest and it provides the context of this lifetime. I see it as the gameplan of your Soul, and it stays with you throughout this life. This unique energy pattern at the Time and Space of your birth (not to be repeated for 26,000 years) becomes imprinted when the cord is cut and you become an independent entity.
"Do Not Wish To Be Anything But What You Are, And Try To Be That Perfectly." Saint Francis De Sale
Secondly, there is the unfolding of this gameplan in Time and the potential of your birth materializing. Your birth chart is a snapshot of the sky at your birth. It is a fixed picture of a moment in space/time, but of course, Life goes on and, the planets continue on their orbital paths which are cyclical. The relationship of the continually changing sky to the original snapshot then depicts the unfolding of the gameplan over time.
I view our lives on Earth as going to school, and will often use this analogy during our session. Just as we planned our year in advance during college by choosing what our subjects of study would be, similarly, our Souls plan our time here in astounding detail. The birth chart provides us with the ultimate owner's manual of our Life Purpose and Path. Our horoscopes represent our electro-magnetic blueprint (or Aura) which then determines what types of experiences we will magnetize and draw to ourselves. Ultimately, our only lessons are our Choices as we play with the gift of Free Will. The real goal is to regain Soul awareness for guidance in making these choices rather than from ego based past experiences. Having a psychology background, I have a deep interest in how our mental patterns attract our reality to us: "We Are What We Think" (leading to) "Character is Destiny".
"You Don't Attract What You Want, You Attract What You Are" Dr. Wayne Dyer
We choose specific talents/lessons to work on in stages through a series of lives, ultimately bringing it to a peak and then moving on to the next field that we want to explore. My favorite example is Mozart composing music at a young age, that being his peaking lifetime. Before birthing on Earth this time your Soul carefully chose the ideal experiences, circumstances, talents and relationships that would lead to successful learning of the current stage of the lesson. Just think of the preparations you would need to make before you went on a long journey to a new land. After planning your itinerary, you would want to acquire the appropriate clothing (body) and equipment (abilities) necessary for the trip. You would also carefully select companions to share your journey with and arrange to meet them at specific junctures to guide you to the most meaningful experiences.
Once we are immersed in the density and intense drama of this world, though, we become tunnel-visioned and lose sight of the bigger picture. As we slow down our vibration to experience on Earth, we lose touch with the higher frequency of Soul awareness. Through infinite compassion and wisdom the Creator has given us various gifts/tools to assist us to remedy this amnesia. Of all these, Astrology has provided the most far-reaching and intricate perspectives. In the example of our trip, it would be easy to get so immersed in the various new locales and experiences so as to forget the larger plan and timetable. All we would need to do is to refer back to the original itinerary and map to find our way again. This is the true purpose of Astrology.
The predictive part of the session focuses on the "where and when" during the journey. As a further understanding of this process, it is important to realize that Time is cyclical, even though we experience it as being linear (past, present & future in a straight line). This is why we can see that history does repeat itself. Also, Time is not just a circle that goes around and around but more an upward moving Spiral. So, when a cycle completes, we then move to the next level in the spiral of Life. Otherwise, we would be stuck in a perpetual "Groundhog Day" :) And, there are cycles within cycles with each cycle operating in the context of a larger cycle (just as there are 7 days in a week, 24 hours in a day, 60 minutes in an hour).
I will first cover the longer cycles that are operating in your life to provide a big picture before moving onto the shorter ones to fill in the details of the immediate future. Vedic Astrology utilizes a unique system of very accurate long-term cycles which paints a broad but rich picture of the whole lifetime. This helps us to understand which specific lesson the Soul is focusing on over a number of years. Modern western astrology adds micro techniques for a more detailed understanding of the next few years. As I outline what is coming up in various cycles, I'll also provide context with how this fits in with the lessons your Higher Self has chosen to experience this time on Earth. This is usually two-fold - perfecting past life talents/gifts; and correcting Karmic imbalances. These seemingly separate tasks tie in with each other as our greatest tests ultimately become our greatest gifts/inspiration to others.
An analogy that I often use explains how to make the most of the predictive information provided during the reading. It's of a surfer swimming out into the ocean, waiting for the right wave to bring them back to shore. As every surfer knows, you can't make the wave come, it's a part of the larger ocean and will come on it's own. We experience this as Fate but, to me, it's sent by your Soul for a purpose . Astrology tells you when that wave is coming but then, you have complete Free Will as to what you do with it. If you swim with the wave, it will take you further so you can maximize it's potential. Or, you can do nothing and the wave won't carry you as far. This is how I use astrology in my life after 50 years of study. I know when the wave is coming and, I know where it's meant to take me. I then prepare to swim with it to maximize the experience.
The true purpose of prediction is to alert us to what's coming next on the Soul's agenda so that we can achieve the optimum potential of that experience by making ideal choices. Otherwise, knowing the future is pointless since it's going to happen anyway. The sooner we get the lesson the sooner it ends, hence the need to understand why an event is happening to us rather than only knowing when it's going to happen. It is profoundly empowering to know/understand that not only have we drawn an experience to ourselves but that we also have direct control over how intense that experience will be and when it will end. The lessons of life are all about the Choices we are making moment to moment and, Fate and Free Will work together!
“Between stimulus and response there is a space.
In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”
Viktor E. Frankl
Relationship Analysis
"Relationships are our primary teacher. They are the context in which we either grow into the consciousness of God, or deny ourselves and others the opportunity to do so."
A Course in Miracles
Because the lessons on Earth are of the Heart our relationships provide the greatest arena for growth. I use a threefold approach.
First, our birth chart provides a clear and specific profile of the type of people we will need to meet in this life. This is usually either to complete some Karma, or often because the other has specific qualities that we need to be around to learn from and grow. Knowing your relationship profile will allow you to understand more quickly why you are with a partner in the first place. Many of us recognize similarities in the partners we draw to us without realizing the true significance of this pattern. The sooner we understand our Karma/lessons around relationships the sooner we stop attracting the "challenging" ones and get to have recess and play with more harmonious and supportive Soulmates.
After understanding the profile I move onto the more traditional approach of "matching" two people's charts. This involves analyzing the degree of energetic compatibility with another on various levels.
A newer approach, is to understand the third entity created when two people interact. In every relationship there is an I, a You and a We. By combining two people's charts a third (relationship) chart is created. Examining the "We" chart allows us to see past-life patterns between couples as well as the deeper potential or purpose of the union.
These techniques accurately outline the degree of magnetic chemistry/attraction between two people and the potential for a long term union.
Finally, Time is the key to any manifestation on the physical plane. It is essential to know if both people are currently in an ideal lifecycle to (a) meet a partner and (b) to fully embrace a relationship. Even if you have already met your ideal partner, if you are not in an ideal Time for the relationship to be center stage, then it will continue to remain in the wings until then.
In my experience, when all three of these factors line up, the relationship has long term potential. But, please remember that I'm not psychic and, I cannot say who you will be with ;)
Astro-Cartography
This technique places your birthchart on maps to provide an in-depth understanding of your personal "ley-lines" to show how different locations will impact various areas of your life. When we move from one location to another the energetic emphasis and focus of our birth chart changes. Imagine a color wheel in front of a spotlight. Each color here would represent a different field of activity, lessons and growth. As we move either east or west from our birthplace the wheel rotates and a different hue fills the stage of life. Most of us have experienced an immediate affinity to some places and an aversion to others.
A very valuable tool of western astrology that I've been using for decades but important to clarify that the map does not say where you will go since you have free will. Also important to know is that the map does not supercede your Life Clock. Many people think that if they move, their lives will immediately improve. If you are in a challenging cycle, you can move to your best location on the planet but will still go through the intense lessons, just in a nicer environment. On the other hand, if you're in an expansion cycle and move to an ideal location, they absolutely enhance each other. I've often seen that Life takes people to the locations that will maximize the experience they need to undergo ;)