Changes

Being pushed beyond one's comfort zone can be both an exhilarating yet stressful experience. Having stability in life is one thing, but when it becomes stagnate, changes are quite welcoming. Besides calling upon archangels and ascended masters such as Jesus for assistance, recently, I've been pulling the 'Kali' card from Doreen Virtue's Goddess Guidance oracle card deck.

Kali is the Hindu goddess of endings, change and transformation. In essence, she supplies the courage and determination to those who are ready to weed out any old patterns which have passed their sell-by date and to replace the void with fresh seeds for new beginnings.

Astrologically, Uranus (the planet of change and awakening) is transiting my 8th house of endings and transformation so this aptly coincides with Kali's message.

Keep the Faith

With the recent natural disasters occuring in Southeast Asia - i.e. earthquake in China and cyclone in Burma, it is easy to lose faith in God. Instead of dwelling on 'Why is it happening?', let's think about what we can do to help.

Materially, we could help by making a donation (e.g. http://www.redcross.org.uk/). Metaphysically, we could pray. It is important to hold positive thoughts and to keep the faith.

Image taken from Louise Hay's 'Meditations to heal your life'

What is your gift?

Wa-Na-Nee-Che, a native American Indian I met lecturing at The Mystic Arts Exhibition today, gave me some food for thought.

I was expecting a feathered headdress adorned man promoting the idea of power animals to us, but instead, the first message he shared was simply 'find out what your gift is as quickly as you can.'

I personally prefer to use astrology as a tool to discover our inner blueprint. However, it is ultimately up to each individual to work through the challenges life decides to throw his/her way. I was pleased to hear the same concept being preached by Wa-Na-Nee-Che - 'I will give you tools to work with, however, I'm not your crutch'. Too often, people in distress rely on miracle cures from New Age practitioners. It is important to realise that no-one understands yourself better than you do. These 'guides' can offer you their tools but you must take the proactive approach to help yourself. I like to think that the themes and patterns derived from a birth chart can help empower the individual to gain a better self-understanding, but the healing process will only begin when the person in question is sitting in the driver's seat, taking full responsibility of his/her actions. Feeling sorry for yourself and leaning on another person won't be productive in the long run.

Wa-Na-Nee-Che also pointed out that many 'zombies' are created by modern society, that is, people who are too fearful to break out of the mould and truly discover who they really are spiritually and to use their God-given gift to enhance the world.

Image taken from Doreen Virtue's 'Magical Unicorns Oracle Card Deck'

Limitations of Science

According to the laws of aerodynamics, a bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly. Its body mass is too great for the frail wings to lift into the air. So according to science, bumble bees cannot fly. However, we can clearly see that they can - so what does that mean? Just like astrology, because it can't be explained by science, shall we not believe in bumble bees? Or perhaps we accept that science has its limitations - that it cannot explain everything, with astrology being one.

In Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, Jack Skellington of Halloween Town wants to find out what Christmas means. He collects holly berries and views them under the microscope and boils baubles in a beaker of water, i.e. using scientific methods to analyse what Christmas is all about. Can astrology be analysed using the same methods?

There have been many attempts to 'test' astrology but when significant results were found, they're regarded as annomalies and insignificant results were used to confirm what skeptics have always believed in. It's quite worrying to think that some so-called scientists, who are supposed to be open-minded, are doing just the opposite - how can anyone say something doesn't work when they haven't even studied it? One astrophysist, Percy Seymour, with the true spirit of a scientist, set out to disprove astrology by studying it. Not only is he now convinced of the validity of astrology, but he has also postulated the Theory of Magnetoastrology, which attempts to explain how radiations from planets could have an effect on us Earthlings.

Image: Tom Curtis / FreeDigitalPhotos.net