The coming year has some dramatic changes arriving, while offering deconstruction of old structures and foundations, and increased focus on communication and self expression. Days after the new year begins, we experience the first eclipse of the year. There will be five eclipses total this year. January 5th will be the first partial solar eclipse, followed by a total lunar eclipse on January 20th. The next set of eclipses will occur in July and one final eclipse in December. There are some challenging Transits to keep your eye on in the days and months ahead. The new year begins with the pressure of Saturn on Sun and Mercury. We enter an eclipse portal on the 5th and the themes of Sagittarius intensify through the two week eclipse portal. And this is just January! We are in for some immediate upheaval and rebuilding as 2019 begins with a rough start and some challenging transits. It's important to be vigilant and acknowledge the discomfort surfacing. Don't avoid or resist these parts of yourself and your life, be proactive. What new support and guidance do you need? What resources and tools are missing from your life? What changes need to be made in order for more ease and gentleness in your life? February comes with restructuring and changes as well. We must pay attention to what changes are being asked of us and not resist the wisdom of Saturn arriving right now. Are you paying attention? What are your challenges trying to tell you? What changes and adjustments need to be made? Listen to my FB Live and get the play by play of transits for 2019 The first major transit of the year is in early March as Rahu and Ketu shift into new signs. Rahu moves to Gemini where he will be exalted and Ketu moves to Sagittarius where he will also be exalted. Exalted planets can express themselves at 100% capacity, while also moving their energy outward. The lunar nodes, or shadow planets, will be extra strong- whether positive or negative. Sagittarius continues to take center stage for 2019 as Saturn moves through this spiritual fire sign. Jupiter will also arrive here late in the year providing a bit more balance to the challenging conjunction between Ketu and Saturn. Read more about Saturn in Sagittarius. 2019 brings a mix of Transits- most notably the challenging conjunction of Ketu and Saturn for the majority of the year. Old structures are being dismantled and we are being asked to let go of what is not in right relationship with natural cycles and rhythms. Where are you out of alignment? How can you simplify and restructure? As Ketu transits into Sagittarius early March, he collides with Saturn, causing major shifts and changes with old, established structures and foundations. Expect a restructuring of the old ways of being and what you have relied upon. These old patterns and behaviors will be dismantled. Though uncomfortable, this is an opportunity for a massive upgrade in all areas of your life. A break up of heaviness and longstanding grief is coming. Ketu provides change and transformation- whether welcomed or not. This year is an important time to slow way down. Ketu moves at lightening speed, while Saturn moves extremely slowly and methodically. These two planets contradict each other on every level. Saturn will request your attention and force his ways whether you care to listen or not. Ground, stay close to earth and body, simplify your life and slow down more than you think you need to. Read more about Ketu in Capricorn and Rahu in Cancer. Saturn is connected to the physical body and structures of all kinds- especially old and ancient ones. Keep life as simple as possible and slow way down. Simplify life more than you think you need to. Wherever you are over complicating things, Saturn will cause pressure and pain. Simplify. Simplify. Simplify. Saturn reminds us that we need to be in right relationship with natural laws. Wherever he is causing duress and pain, he's asking us to move into right relationship with natural cycles and rhythms. He wants simplicity and slow, steady steps. Look to Sagittarius in your Jyotish chart for the area of your life and body that is asking for more attention right now. What themes are present? Where do you feel the pressure? Jupiter continues to transit Scorpio for the majority of the year, shifting into Sagittarius late in the year. Scorpio is a sign of depth, death and vulnerability. Jupiter is the teacher, the maha guru. Right now, the greatest teachings are coming from the darkness, the depth and from the shadows. Pay attention and don't skip over the unseen realms. Life gains meaning and wisdom when we are willing to face our darkness. True healing can not take place without honoring the wholeness- both shadow and light. Read more about Jupiter in Scorpio Horoscopes for 2019 These Horoscopes will give you general themes for the year to come based on your rising sign. Horoscopes are based on your sidereal, or Jyotish rising sign, not your Western or Tropical sign. There is likely no correlation. You may also use with your sidereal Moon or Sun sign for extra insight. Aries: Saturn continues through your 9th house of dharma this year, sparking a need for new structure with life path, purpose, spiritual growth and focus on authority issues. Grief surfaces in these areas of your life and begs you to look more closely. Transform the lump of coal into the diamond. Lean closer, don't look away. Get focused and direct your efforts with clarity and vigilance. Jupiter in your 8th house is asking you to dive deeper and look below the surface. Attend to the darkness within and don't neglect your shadow work. There is much to learn about your vulnerability. Look closer. After March, the restructuring that has been taking place in your career shifts and dharmic changes beg for your attention. You won't be ale to keep going in the same direction. It's time for something new. Spiritual matters become non-negotiable. Focus on creativity, the hands and self expression. How can you start letting your passions get more of your attention and intention? Taurus: Relationships continue to get your focus and force you look closer. They are helping you learn so much! Though it hasn't been easy, but you are learning more about self expression and what it means to be vulnerable which is vital for a healthy relationship to thrive. Old, undigested grief is surfacing and requires you to put some focus on your depths and darkness. Feeling lost and misaligned with your life path and purpose? It's important to focus on your sense of self and inner truth. Align with your power and notice where you are giving your power away. Plug the leaks. The coming year requires you to make some adjustments with finances, food and voice. It's time to truly express your needs and notice where you are keeping yourself silent. Vulnerabilities, fears and traumas from the past resurface and require you to revisit them. Get more support and guidance to navigate this so you can heal and release. This is not a year to take unnecessary risk or be negligent with your health. Sensitivity will be at an all time high. Honor it. Gemini: Jupiter in your 6th house has been helping you heal from the gut level and support greater insights with conflicts and finances. Keep listening and be willing to dive deeper into your vulnerabilities and shadows. You've been forced to put focus on past traumas and shadows, but this will shift early March. The wisdom and clarity you've gained through voice, finances and nourishment will be useful in the year ahead. Refocus in the coming months and put attention on your self development and self awareness. The veils of illusion will be asking you to pay attention and support their release. How are your inner shadows clouding your vision of self, power and purpose? Relationships have been bringing grief to the forefront. At the same time, this is a powerful time to reestablish a sense of grounding, stability and support- within your body and your life. Re-balance and find a new sense of self and life structure. This will become even more important in the year ahead. Navigate instability with conscious awareness. Where are you creating this instability? What choices and decision continue to destabilize you? How can you deepen your roots in order to weather the storms of life more easily. Deepen your self trust and inner wisdom. Your body wisdom will never lead you astray. Cancer: The past year and a half have been focused on self growth and inner awareness. You have been learning and growing by leaps and bounds- though it hasn't been easy. Much of your growth has come by removing veils of illusion. Relationships have brought changes and transformations, pain and release. March brings a shift in focus as Rahu moves to your 12th house of spiritual, ancestral and foreign travels. Marriage and partnerships get your attention and may require some trouble shooting. Pay attention and don't get lazy or lost in ideals. This will require your focused attention and proactive steps. Healing comes suddenly and with amazing results, while also helping you resolve conflicts and challenges that have not been previously released. Why do you resist confrontation? How can you show up more authentically and be more emotionally congruent? The process of healing requires effort and hard work, but will be worth it. This is a powerful time to let go of undigested grief and work consciously on digestion, stomach issues and health. The physical body will require you to pay close attention, but releasing undigested grief from the body is supported right now. Don't push past what your gut is telling you. All of this is clearing the way for more empowered, focused intuitive awareness and inner intelligence. It's well worth your effort. Leo: For over a year, you've been pulled into your depths- attending to loss, retreat, alone time and the spiritual realms. You've been focusing on healing and releasing conflict- inner and outer. How can you keep showing up authentically? Heart and home matters continue to teach you so much about your needs and desires. Keep listening to your emotional body wisdom and honor the full spectrum of its expression. You get to feel what you feel! Your power and intuition are the main challenge right now. This theme continues in 2019 and requires you really step up! Why are you resisting your powerful insights and empowered self expression? As Ketu shifts into conjunction with Saturn early March, the stagnation begins to break apart. Revisiting trauma and grief that has kept you disempowered will be important. Release and challenges come through children, playfulness, intuition, power and gut. Gains come if you make space for them but there will be inevitable losses in this process. Lean closer, not away. Support release and letting go, so that you have room to express yourself more fully. Be mindful of relationships, friendships and older siblings. Are they empowering you or disempowering you? Clarify needs and boundaries and focus on authentic self expression. Virgo: Expansion and growth continues to come from courage and self expression. Continue to focus on the full range of creativity and wisdom in your hands. You are learning a lot about how to use these parts of yourself for your dharmic path and purpose. Now it's time to implement them more fully. Take action and don't lose sight of your goals. Your self expression and creativity support relationships, dharma, and gains. Stay with it. Grief is surfacing with home, heart and mother. Lean closer and attend to the undigested emotions that are keeping you stuck. Friendships, older siblings and gains have been challenging. Power, intuition and gut insights have caused you to refocus and realign your path. What are you learning about your power and intuition? Where do you need to express more and share your emotions? The coming year causes challenges with home, heart, land, mother and the chest. Old undigested grief is breaking apart and releasing. Support this process so you can make space for something new. You will need to readjust and let go in this process. Where are you gripping too tightly? As Rahu shifts to your 10th house early March, career and offering get your energy and focus for the coming 1.5 years. Are your worldly desires getting the best of you? Get visible and asks for what you need, but be mindful that your desires may be out of control at this time. You will likely need to adjust your plans. Libra: You've been very focused on your career and life offering over the past year and though there have been challenges and gains, it's time to refocus. Heart, home and mother have brought release, restructuring and heartache. As Rahu shifts into your 9th house of dharma early March, your attention moves closer to life path and purpose. Challenges arrive with authority and those in power positions. Be mindful that you are in right relationship with those you are walking with. Do they have your needs and best interests in mind? What is your relationship with power and authority? This is an important cycle to reestablish your own sense of self and power. Realign with your own inner knowing and deepen your courage and creativity. Be mindful of your hands and awaken the gifts of your artistic expression. Though it may feel challenging, find a new creative structure and implement solid self expression into your life skills. Use your body in creative ways and expand your self expression. Continue to focus on nourishment, food habits and money behaviors. Lean closer to your malnourishment and get to the root of your issues. Debt, lack and feeling unsupported are all symptoms of not being able to receive. What is blocking you from getting your needs met? Why are you resisting what you need? Scorpio: The self expansion continues this year as Jupiter spends most of the year in your head helping you learn, grow and stabilize in life changing ways. He is supporting more playfulness, empowerment, relationships and dharmic alignment. Say yes to his wisdom and keep going! Even with the expansion, Saturn is pruning the nourishment you receive, causing restrictions, delays and obstructions. Pay closer attention to your food, money and voice. There is undigested grief here to attend to and it's causing pain and challenge. You've been focused on your dharma and greater empowerment the past year, awakening more self expression and stepping into greater courage. As Ketu moves to Sagittarius early March, you redirect and refocus on your need for nourishment. The stagnation begins to break up, but will require a great deal of attention and intention. Vulnerability gets a lot more of your attention. Lean even closer, dive even deeper, look under every rock and let your shadows guide you. Attend to health and don't get lackadaisical. The restructuring taking place with food, money and voice is necessary for more nourishment to be received. Right now attend to the painful transformation and losses so you can make space for what you truly need. What do you need for greater nourishment? How can your vulnerability support more receiving? Sagittarius: The past few years have been deeply life changing. You are being asked to simplify and transform in all areas of your life- inside and out. Vulnerability and past life reminders are coming to the forefront. As Saturn continues through your 1st house, you are in a powerful life altering process. Be mindful of health and be vigilant with your body. Undigested grief is surfacing and requires your attention. Keep it moving and don't push it away. Your usual optimism may be feeling distant and hard to find. Keep going anyway. Trust this metamorphosis you are in and create a new life structure for yourself. Spiritual matters, release, retreat and ancestral insights are strengthening. Keep deepening your listening skills and integrate the wisdom arriving. The next phase of your path will be sharing this inner wisdom with others, but for now trust what is coming to you and let it be a resource. As Ketu moves to your first house early March, you begin a remarkable life-altering restructuring. The grief you've been carrying begins to lift and the heaviness shifts. You are becoming an entirely new person and it's visible to others. You will need even more support and guidance in the months ahead. Gather more support and strengthen your team. Relationships require your focus and may be a stronger desire for you. What do you need to learn from them? Where do they cause you pain and challenge? Your path is changing and becoming even more spiritually focused. Attune and align with the wisdom coming to you and let it inform your choices. Capricorn: It's been well over a year of restructuring and life altering experiences. You are not the same person you were over a year ago. The massive transformations within your head and body are shifting early March. Relationships have forced you to pay attention and attend to your shadows more closely. The new focus will be on release, spirit, ancestors and retreats. Marriage and partnerships get more of your focus and require restructuring as well. Be vigilant with changes that are necessary and don't drop your guard. Support and allow for release and letting go. Ask the ancestors for help and insights. Address any resistance around conflicts and healing. Why might you be resisting confrontation, boundaries and expressing your needs? Awaken your inner healer and gut intelligence. Support digestion and release so you have more space for deeper nourishment. There may be a tendency towards constipation and challenges with release. Remember that gains come when you make space for them. What needs to be released in order for you to have room for more of what you need? Attend to friendships and older siblings. There may be more to learn from these relationships but you'll have to be honest with your vulnerability and shadows. Aquarius: You've been receiving the gift of expansion with your career and offerings, but it's causing you to look below the surface and see the shadows. The depth is causing some misalignment to surface and an awareness about unmet needs. How can you take this insight and wisdom into a new offering or share your gifts in a new way? Focus on home, heart, emotions, nourishment and healing. Let this wisdom guide you towards a more nourishing direction. Friendships, older siblings and gains have brought challenges and discomfort. What needs to be clarified and released so you have more space for your own path and purpose? Spiritual matters have gotten a lot of your focus this past year. Attending to emotional congruency and authentic emotional expression has been part of your healing journey. The shift arriving this year comes as your power, intuition and gut intelligence get your focused attention. It may feel unclear and uncertain at first, but keep leaning closer and gather the resources you need to strengthen your empowered clarity within. The undigested grief in relationships begins to break apart. Expect release, letting go and loss, but remember you are making space for what you truly need and deserve. Say yes to your power and don't look back. Pisces: Dharma and life purpose have been expanding and growing. Let your spiritual insights inform your choices and path. This wisdom is supporting self growth and intuitive insights. Your children, power and gut intelligence have gotten your full attention for over a year. Friendships, relationships, gains and older siblings have come with release, loss and restructuring. Career and life offering have felt heavy, hard and painful. This heaviness has impacted home and heart as well. Early March, a shift in focus arrives. The stagnation and disappointments in career begin to break apart. You are being asked to restructure the way you share yourself in this world. Let computers, internet and spiritual insights support your new offering. The tighter you grip, the more pain will arrive. Letting go and release are necessary in order to make way for the new. Don't resist. A stronger emphasis arrives with home, heart, mother, land and emotions over the next 1.5 years. Beautify your space, ask for more, honor your desires and seek a deeper sense of home and emotional body wisdom, but don't let your desires get the best of you. The deep longing for home might cloud your judgement. Gather guidance, counsel and support while strengthening your inner power. Your are learning to trust yourself even more. Book A Session With Me. ✨Get clarity, wisdom, and guidance for your year ahead. ✨Understand what to expect and how to prepare for the challenges of 2019. ✨Gather insights and resources so you can make the most of the Transits ahead! BOOK NOW
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The new year begins with a full Moon in Ardra nakshatra, the constellation of storm god, Rudra. 2018 starts with a forceful energy, inviting in power, intensity and emotional body waves. There is promise of big, grande and bold changes on multiple levels. Read more about the January Full Moon. As 2018 begins, Jupiter is transiting Libra still, Saturn continues his arduous transit through Sagittarius and Mula nakshatra, while Rahu transits Cancer and Ketu transits Capricorn. Read more about these major transits: Read more about Jupiter in Libra. Read more about Saturn in Sagittarius. Read more about Rahu in Cancer and Ketu in Capricorn. We won't see shifts in these major transits until October 2018, when Jupiter shifts to Scorpio. Mid December, the slowest moving planet, Saturn, will finally shift out of the constellation of Adharma, Mula, and into PurvaAshada, the domain of Apas- the water goddess. March of 2019, Rahu will enter Gemini and Ketu will change to Sagittarius, joining Saturn there. The majority of 2018 doesn't offer any changes in the major transits of Saturn, Jupiter, Rahu or Ketu, however, the shorter transits of Moon, Mars, Venus, Mercury, and Sun will impact us more closely. These Horoscopes will give you general themes for the year to come based on your rising sign. Horoscopes are based on your sidereal, or Jyotish rising sign, not your Western or Tropical sign. There is likely no correlation. You may also use with your sidereal Moon or Sun sign for extra insight. Aries: Expand relationships and learn from others. Relationships are a powerful teacher this year. Seek balance and integration with others. Strengthen your sense of self and deepen your self trust. Clarify boundaries and ask for support. Focus on home, land and property. Give your mother more attention and focus on your emotional body more closely. Attend to your spiritual path and clarify your dharmic purpose. There may be big shifts and restructuring with your career and offering this year. Career changes are likely. Find new ground and transform the way you share yourself. Strengthen your spiritual connection and let this inform your offerings. Let your heart lead the way. Taurus: Dig deeply into your depths and attend to undigested, unprocessed grief within the unconscious realms. Use this wisdom to inform how you connect and share with others. Let it guide your offerings and dharmic path. Relationships take courage this year and will prove challenging and provocative. Trust yourself and your inner wisdom. Watch out for those who are not living in their integrity or doing their healing work. Strengthen your gifts as a healer and get extra healing support right now. You have the possibility of deepening your dharmic path and clarifying your purpose- if you are willing to radically reconstruct and deconstruct who you are and how you are in the world. Deepen your courage and creativity as a resource for self discovery. What are you learning about who and what nourishes you? Gemini: Focus on income, nourishment and pleasures, but avoid overindulgence and intoxicants. Clean up your diet and what you put in your body. Let this be a time of healing, rather than self sabotage. Attend diligently to your unconscious and subconscious terrain. Old trauma is rising to the surface. Are you consciously working with it or avoiding and suppressing? Relationships can bring grief or more stability and strength. Invite in grounding and deepen your roots. Digest and release past relationship grief and let it be a resource for deep inner growth. Your heart requests this grief work so don't by-pass it. Strengthen your sense of empowerment, intuition and purpose. Teach and guide children, while letting them be your teacher as well. Keep a child-like sense of wonder and invite in playfulness as you navigate you deep, inner waters. Cancer: This is a powerful year of self growth, while ripping away the shadow and illusions you've been hiding under. Deepen your self awareness and be willing to look at your weaknesses. Strong cravings and desires intensify. Don't get lost in the superficiality of human life. Relationship changes and shifts are inevitable. Let your relationship with Self ground you in self love and truth. Are you getting lost in chaos and instability? This is a powerful time to release and let go of relationships and behaviors that are keeping you stuck and unstable. Heal through grief and honor your emotional body wisdom with intention and diligence. It's time to lean into your fragility and darkness. Seek integration with inner and outer realms. Leo: Your intuition and relationships require that you honor your grief more closely. Be authentic with your hurt and pain. Attend to digestion diligently as it is extra sensitive and vulnerable right now. You are digesting some very old grief. Clearing this will radically upgrade the way you align with your power. Heal and be healed. Ask the ancestors and Spirit for guidance and support. Attend to losses, letting go and release with intention. You are creating more space for self trust and strength. Get courageous and expand your creative potential. This will vastly improve your dharmic clarity as well. Focus on relationship growth. Something must be released in order for you to gain. What are you learning about your needs for stability and support? Virgo: Your wealth and nourishment is strengthening this year. Speak your truth and align with your inner integrity. Share, connect and offer your wisdom to others. Your heart requires honesty and grief work. Old, undigested grief is being pulled up by the root. Your willingness to attend to your pain will support new growth. Strengthen your emotional body relationship and seek solid ground. Relationships prove to be both a focus and a challenge. Your willingness to dive into your depths will support your growth and learning in this process. Seek relationships who are equally willing to do the same. Attend to the trauma living in your solar plexus and reconnect with your sense of power and intuition. You need this clarity and empowerment in order to step into your dharma more fully. Libra: Integration, stability and grounding are key this year. Growth comes from spinal alignment and flexibility. Deepen your relationship within and let these inner roots help you expand and grow into new relationships with others. Nurture and nourish your self and ask for more in life. Creativity and courage require your diligence and consistent presence. You may feel less than inspired to act on your dharmic work, but it is more important than ever to align with right action. There is undigested grief keeping you from your creative courage, so lean closer to your emotional body and attend to old loss, trauma and hurt with diligence and fearlessness. Your heart is being cracked open right now. Look closely at its contents. Be seen, get visible, share with the world and offer your gifts in bigger ways. Scorpio: Expand and grow into your spiritual body. Ask the ancestors to help you align with deeper resources and support. Build a deeper relationship with the non ordinary and make it a priority in your life. Be mindful of what you eat and when you eat. You are digesting a lot of grief right now. Attend to it consciously and help it digest and release so it does not get stagnant. This requires emotional body diligence as well as strengthening your cycles and rhythms. Creativity and courage require your focus. Restructuring and disconnection are possible with your artistry and hands. Let this guide your relationship to your dharma as well. Your path and purpose are your soul focus right now. Give it all you've got. This cycle won't come again for 18 years. What is your biggest passion right now? Follow your joy and let it guide your offerings. Sagittarius: Find new ground and deepen your inner and outer stability and support systems. Strengthen your relationships, while also understanding that this requires diligent grief work. Undigested and unprocessed grief is rising to the surface right now. It's impacting your body and your flexibility. Stay supple and keep your body moving. The only way to heal grief is to walk with it and honor it as a resource. It can be a gift if you use it as such. Deepen your self expression and use your voice consciously. Sing, chant, speak and communicate in order to heal and be nourished. Lean closer to your vulnerability and fears. What is keeping you playing small and disempowered? Learn and grow from relationships. Gain from your connections and creativity. Release what is no longer nourishing you or bringing you vitality. Capricorn: You and your world are being radically restructured right now. Your whole sense of self is shifting and changing. Addressing trauma and disconnection within your body are vital. You may even feel disembodied. Stay close to the physical body and sensations. Seek integration between head, pelvis and spine. Relationships are fragile in this cycle and prove to be challenging at times. You may feel unclear and uncertain, even mistrustful of others. You are learning how to trust yourself more fully in this cycle. Deepen your inner roots. Avoid unhealthy relationships and environments, as well as intoxicants and overindulgence. Find your ground. Expand and nourish yourself and others through offering wisdom and resources. Your healing comes through service. Attend to loss, release, the ancestors and grief. Saturn is asking you to be diligent with the process of letting go. What needs to let go of in order to make space for the new? Aquarius: Healing should be getting your soul focus right now. Attend to your healing process and strengthen your skills as a healer. Avoid conflicts and inner drama. Attend to your dark matter and shadow work. Your darkness can become a potent offering- if you are willing to do what it takes to turn shadow into light. Gains come through radical release and attending to grief and restructuring. You must be willing to make changes to yourself and your relationships in order to gather new support and resources. Look closely at your fear and losses. Attending to the unconscious realms will serve you well. Your dharmic path is ready to expand and grow. Connect with and meet the right people to help you grow. Your sense of self is expanding. Nurture what you want for your life and your path. Don't be afraid to ask for more. Pisces: Big changes are taking place in your career and offering this year. A restructuring is arriving. Find the threads of joy and pleasure. These are worth moving towards and strengthening. Relationships bring grief and uncertainty, while requiring new structure and inner stability. Who feels safe and stable to you? Who does not? Build upon the relationships and connections that provide support. Attend to losses, grief and pain. It's time to do some healing work with your relationship challenges. Dig up the unconscious patterns and beliefs you've been carrying around. What is keeping your heart closed and malnourished? Move towards deeper intuition and gut intelligence. Strengthen your self trust and work on trust issues with others. You will be asked to release and let go, in order to gain and receive more of what you need and want. What personal mythology needs to be released once and for all? 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Every week I offer two *free* dharma coaching sessions to action takers who are ready for deep life change. Is this you?! Send me a message to see if I have any openings: [email protected] Working With The Shadow Intentionally Our darkness, our shadow parts, are mostly an undesirable topic, one that most choose to avoid. Most people are good at speaking about their faults, personal issues and life problems, but this is not the same thing as willingly probing into your dark, murky, inner waters, your haunts, grief, fears and illusions. You may appear to be comfortable with your own darkness, and yet simultaneously, refuse to go deeper into it. In fact many people keep walking around and around the same darkness for years, lifetimes perhaps, with out making much change. This refusal to go deep into your shadow parts and willingly face your deepest, darkest haunts and wounds, leaves you burdened with heavy loads that you never seem to be able to let go of or release. It's like blindly carrying an extra appendage with you. Oh how humans try to disguise this, cover it, deny its presence! And yet, this heavy, awkward limb is still attached, no matter how hard you try to pretend it doesn't exist. Going into your shadows, requires a strong willingness, and a desire to go beyond your problems. It requires that you start asking "why is this happening to me?" over and over again. And then be courageous enough to seek the answers, the answers that are likely going to be painful, that will force you to change your life, that will expose your darkest secrets. Just past the depth of your darkness, though, is the light. The gift. The gifts you so desperately seek. The gifts you long for are in fact hidden deep inside your shadow parts. Most of humanity chooses to refuse their own darkness though, and deny that these parts of themselves are in fact alive within them. But just because one is unwilling to look at their own darkness, does not make it unreal, or keep it from controlling them. These shadow parts are still ruling your life whether you choose to face them or not. Spiritual by-passing is a real concern and causing increasingly disastrous effects these days. The denial, negation or avoidance of one's shadow can be truly dire. The use of spiritual resources, tools and practices to negate the shadow, challenging emotions, old stories and one's personal mythology, is increasing in popularity. Affirmations, meditation, yoga, religious beliefs, even an addiction to connecting to the spirit world, rather then staying in one's body, are all common place spiritual-bypassing techniques that most people are completely oblivious of. Whenever the darkness is not integrated and unified with the light, the effects will not be balanced or harmonious. The shadow always seeks the light and the light will always return to darkness. This is a Law of Nature- as they are one and the same. Ultimately, Rahu can not be denied, nor Ketu- his counterpart in karmic liberation. One's jyotish chart shows where the shadow is seeking light and how it will bring your awakening. The blessing of your courageous efforts and your willingness, is finding that within the darkest and most disturbing parts of yourself, you will actually find the missing pieces you are desperately longing for; your whole and empowered life. If you are truly willing to courageously look into your own shadows you will undoubtedly find the very gifts you so desperately long to receive. Your shadows in fact hold the gifts you seek for wholeness, for your dharmic giving, your offerings to the world, and for a meaningful life. As I continue to peel back the layers of my own shadow, my suffering, my darkness and my illusions, I find more and more pieces that affirm my dharmic gifts, and my offerings to the world. As I continue to face my grief, my struggles, pains and disappointments, I am finding more and more answers for my pain and illusions. I’ve learned (and continue to learn), that when I quit resisting myself, there is immense awakening available to me. This comes through ideas, creativity, clarity, awareness, silence, peace and even joy. The moments when I release my grip, let go, and surrender, I find how much energy I’ve been using to resist my self, my own nature. This is my own resistance to my shadow parts and it takes immense energy to maintain this resistance. We all have resistance. Finding the resistance within yourself and within your life, will point the way towards your own shadow parts. Remember that the energy you use to resist your own darkness takes incredible energy to maintain, and is a drain to the vital life force energy that could be put to good use elsewhere. Energy you could put into living your one precious life- actualizing your dreams, taking bold, fulfilling action steps! We each have an attraction and repulsion dynamic within us; a push and a pull. This is expressed through the eleventh house of the Jyotish chart, the house of pluses and minuses. Aquarius is an expression of the 11th house and offers many of the same challenges and resources. This attraction repulsion dynamic is also the energy of Rahu, the north shadow node, as well as the role of Rahu and Ketu in our charts. Everyone has this drive, a pull towards what you want, which is also very intimately intertwined with what you are resisting or refusing in your life and in yourself simultaneously. What you desperately long for and desire is the core of your shadow work and points the way to all the pieces of your darkness. What you deeply long for is seeking you in other words. And it's hidden beneath your shadows. This shadow, and working with one's darkness in order to awaken, is the juxtaposition of Rahu (shadow) and Ketu (light) in ones Jyotish chart, and why Rahu is both darkness and compulsions, as well as desires and insatiable needs. Let Rahu drive you towards your own wholeness. Let him show you what you long for, what you need the most in this life, and let him also show you what you are resisting simultaneously. Wherever Rahu sits in your jyotish chart (the house, the sign, the planets he interacts with, the nakshatra he resides in etc.) points directly to the main theme of your personal life story. Rahu and Ketu are quite literally karma points and they show you why you have incarnated into this body, into this life, and what you are here to learn. The dance of shadow and light, Rahu and Ketu, fully express your ability and your willingness to grow and awaken in this life time. Will you continue to resist your shadows, your darkness (Rahu)? Or will the compulsion to emerge from the illusions be strong enough to force your awakening and crack you open (Ketu)? The power within the shadow is two fold. When you resist your darkness, you refuse and resist the healing and the medicine that your life has to offer. You are essentially refusing and resisting awakening to your most essential gifts. These gifts always reveal your dharma, your life purpose, your reason for being alive, and thus there is an immense reward for your efforts- if you choose to take on the task fully. However, it is not the path of ease, numbness, ignorance and denial. In order to awaken, you must invite in your shadow parts, continue to go deeper into your darkness in unending cycles, to dive for pearls of truth tirelessly- as though your life depends on it. It does. This is why aligning with one's dharma, one's true reason for being alive, is not for everyone, and is in fact evasive for most people. For those who thrive on transformation though, the gifts are unending and continue to unfold. Artists, healers, and those here to share wisdom with the world, thrive on these cycles of transformation, change and growth. For us, our most vital task is embarking on consistent cycles of confronting and identifying our shadows and yet not get addicted to these cycles of pain, struggle, and torture. For those consistently working with their own shadows rigorously, remember to work with and to heal the vow that says "I am broken and will remain so." The shadows after all, hold your most potent power, and the wisdom you need for your life and your cycles of death and rebirth. The skill then becomes not just the willingness to go into your shadow, your darkness, but to also know when to let go of it, to release and shift into something new. Some will never walk into their shadows and bravely peel back the layers of their suffering and pain. For those willing to do this courageous work, you must also remember how to come up for air, to take a breath, to dance with both the darkness and the light, to heal and overcome the vow of brokenness, while continuing to bravely dance with your shadows cyclically. Clients who come to me are walking this fine edge of wanting to awaken; there is a desire to know what their life means and how to overcome their biggest obstacles- and yet simultaneously there is a strong fear to look. This is the attraction/repulsion dynamic at play, a true expression of Rahu driving us towards answers, yet fearful of what we will find once we get there. As I continue to work with the shadow more and more in my own self development process, and also in my work with clients, I am becoming acutely aware of the reality that fear is really all part of the grande illusion of the shadow. Perhaps Carl Jung put it best, "If there is a fear of falling, the only safety consists in deliberately jumping." Rahu and Ketu: The Gifts of The Shadows Rahu and Ketu are not planets at all, they are mathematical points on either side of the Moon with rather significant implications on our Self experience. The Moon is arguably the most influential part of the chart- indicating our experiences within the womb and our relationship with mother, as well as our inner nature. The Moon is our guide for emotional well being and our connection to our intuitive self. In fact, the Moon is so important to our life experience, the relationship the nodes have with the Moon indicates their impact on our emotional well being- among other things. Rahu and Ketu, the Moon and the rest of the chart, all create our own unique stories, mythologies and individual karmic dramas. Read more about the importance of the Moon. The nodes, as Rahu and Ketu are referred to, are mischievous in nature. They present our karmas to us in this incarnation. Without them, and their very valuable life lessons, we would not have incarnated into a human body. They are essential to this lila, this play of life, that we are involved with in this dimension. Both Rahu and Ketu have their own unique array of offerings, but because they are shadow "planets" they often evade prediction. Their nature is to deceive, mystify, to be illusive, and to blind us from our true nature. They represent forces that can't be seen and are the parts of ourselves that go unnoticed and unrecognized. When, and if, the shadow or veil of illusion is removed, and we do see what has been hidden from us, it is often extremely painful. Rahu and Ketu request that we ask ourselves: What am I not seeing or what am I not willing to see? What am I clinging to and unable to let go of? In order to understand the nature of Rahu and Ketu, it helps to have a little background on how they came to be. In Vedic lore, Rahu (north node) and Ketu (south node) came into being during the famous story of the churning of the ocean of milk (the Milky Way). As the devas (gods) were creating this great churning, amrita, the nectar of immortality arose (think churning milk into butter). The devas, however, needed the asuras (demons) to help them with this task and they had to work together to get the job done. As the immortal nectar was created and obtained from this "great churning", Vishnu made certain that it was only given to the devas. However, one asura named Svarbhanu, outsmarted Vishnu and the other devas. He disguised himself as a deva and got in line to have a drop of the sacred nectar given to him. The story goes that he hid between the Sun and the Moon so no one would notice him. Just as Vishnu poured a drop of nectar into Svarbhanu's mouth, the Sun and Moon recognized that he was actually an asura! Vishnu chopped him in half, but it was too late. A drop of the immortal nectar was already in his mouth! Thus the two halves, Rahu and Ketu were born. The head of the asura who ingested the immortal nectar became Rahu and the lower half, the body of the asura, became Ketu. Rahu and Ketu are the head and tail of the demon, often referred to as the serpent. A lunar eclipse is connected to Rahu- this happens when he tries to eat the Moon, but it falls right out of him. Ketu is connected to the Solar eclipse. This epic story is truly metaphoric on so many levels of life. It expresses the interplay of light and dark and how interdependent they both are on each other. These two facets of life are of course alive and well within our own nature and thus the play of shadow and light becomes our dance in life as well. Rahu is the head of the serpent and has an insatiable appetite for the material world (his cravings for obtaining the nectar) and intoxicants of all kinds. He brings shock and the dark side of life and he can bring sudden changes, upheavals, even quick boons. Where Saturn brings sorrow, sadness and grief- the natural darkness that is life- Rahu brings an intensified demented version of this darkness; he manipulates and obscures everything he touches. Addictions and confusion are Rahu's domain as well as disturbances and trauma. He does not allow us to think clearly and brings deceit and dishonesty with him. That said, there are worldly benefits that come with him as well. He can give money, profits and excesses from the material world. He loves the foreign and unusual, which can offer great learning and awareness as a result. Enjoyable and exotic travels can also come with Rahu. Professions that require lying, cheating and stealing (politicians for example) will get benefits from Rahu. Where Rahu may give, Ketu takes away, and is responsible for "cutting the ties that bind us to the material world". If we are attached to it, Ketu can and will cut those attachments loose- eventually. That is his job- to help us realize intimately the impermanence of this life. He is highly spiritual and not interested in the material realms at all. He will either grant access to spiritual advancement or deny it; Ketu is connected to Ganesha, the remover of obstacles. Since Ketu is just a body (no head) he literally has no mind. He can either show madness and complete craziness like schizophrenia, or certain zen states of no-mind which are more spiritual in experience. Ketu is a moksha planet, connected to liberation, letting go and deep surrender. Rahu and Ketu are always seven houses away from each other. They are always looking directly at each other, thus, whatever Rahu gives, Ketu will be sure to take it away. The nodes are always moving against the direction of the other planets, in retrograde fashion. All the planets retrograde periodically (except for Sun and Moon) and when they do, they are said to be acting like Rahu and Ketu as a result. Our cravings, desires and fears are all connected to Rahu and Ketu. They instigate our pains, sorrows and drive us to take actions or no actions. They are our shadowed sides and will indicate what we are moving towards and away from in this life time. Thanks to Rahu and Ketu, we are guaranteed to grow in this life, but it may not be the enjoyable kind of growth. Rahu in Cancer & Ketu in Capricorn Minutes after midnight (MDT) on August 18th, Rahu moves to Cancer and Ketu shifts to Capricorn for the coming 1.5 years- until March 7th, 2019. This transit requires a deep emotional dive. Learning how to navigate the emotional body and becoming more emotionally literate in the cycle to come will be essential. Working with the shadow side of feelings and using them as resources, rather than suppressing them, will be vital at this time. For some the by-passing will intensify until it is intolerable. For those who are consciously ready to deepen nourishment in their life, there will be a natural gravitation to leaning in, listening and honoring feelings and emotional body wisdom. Are you showing up? Are you listening within? Or are you by-passing the emotional body intelligence that lives within you. Look at your jyotish chart and notice where Rahu and Ketu are now transiting. Rahu will be in Cancer (#4) and Ketu is moving through Capricorn (#10). What themes emerge from the houses they are moving through? What will you be compelled to move towards (Rahu)? What will you be releasing and cutting attachments with (Ketu)? Use this to help you identify their positions. Cancer is ruled by water and Rahu's transit through the sign of the crab requires a new awareness of your inner waters. Learning how to trust yourself in new ways surfaces in this cycle. Working with fear of your emotions and your reactions to fear will be essential. Rahu compels one to look more closely, though usually due to force, discomfort, challenges or fears and anxieties. He is the North Shadow Node which drives obsessions, darkness, illusion and delusion. With out him, however, you would not be able to awaken from your karmic burdens, nor evolve in this life time. He supports one's awakening as you lean into your shadow, your own darkness. In your natal chart, he will tell you what is compelling you in this life time- in order for your greatest awakening. What illusions must you awaken from? What traumas are keeping you stuck, lost and confused? This cycle of Rahu in Cancer supports awakening through emotional body intelligence. Lean closer to your feelings, emotions and inner waves. Track your cycles and the wisdom of your inner waters. Notice where you resist your emotions and make yourself wrong or bad for feeling what you feel. Your emotions are not the problem, but the mental body illusions are likely causing you to suffer. Break the cycle between overly thinking and resisting as well as avoiding your emotions. It's time to befriend your feelings and work with more emotional body literacy. Understanding your emotional body intelligence supports increased creativity and self expression. Gather new resources and skills to support this process of creative and artistic expression. Upgrade your offerings and artistic practices. Ketu traversing Capricorn in the coming 19 months requires dharmic awakening. Challenges come with misalignment or refusal to make dharmic changes and choices. The South Shadow Node will not allow resistance any longer. Face your fear and illusions- that which is keeping you from your power and purpose- or feel your pain and struggles intensify. Will you be willing to crack open your illusions and challenges, in order to awaken, heal and grow? Balance begins to arrive for those who seek stability and grounding, as well as movement and change. Find your offering and allow yourself to flourish and shine. The southern trauma node requires that you lean into your fears, anxieties and denial. Where are you pushing and forcing for outcomes that don't serve you or nourish you completely? This is a powerful time of transformation and awakening. Put into practice your biggest dreams and desires. Don't play small. Ask for what you truly want and take action to make it happen. Your consistent action steps pay off with time and continual effort. August 18th, 2017 to April 27th, 2018: Rahu in Ashlesha Nakshatra This is a time of releasing, shedding and confronting illusions, deceptions and mental body stories that keep you in lack. Use resources with a solid legacy, rather than new, unreliable sources. The older the knowledge the more trust worthy it will be. Don't get caught up in quick fixes or spiritual by-passing. Lean closer to your shadow and get familiar with how it shows up. How do you respond to your fear, uncertainty and confusion? How does this impact your choices? Ashlesha is ruled by Sarpa, a serpent that can awaken you from illusions and deceptions, but often by intensifying the same. Be mindful of deceptions, cheating and excess shadow at this time. Are you in right-relationship with your integrity? Are you being honest with your self and others? Be clear, stay focused and don't neglect your health or spiritual practices. August 18th, 2017 to December 21st, 2017: Ketu in Dhanishta Nakshatra Ketu in Dhanishta nakshatra supports your awakening, your desire to rise and shine, to be seen, heard and recognized. Are you taking action steps to step into your power and purpose more fully? Where are you playing small and not utilizing your life light? The Vasu Devas rule this domain of Capricorn and they are responsible for bringing light and shining to those touched by their jyoti (light). They support manifestation on the material plane of existence- especially through dharmic deeds. Those who desire wealth on all levels of life, worship the Vasu Devas. Dhanishta brings wealth and prosperity through desires manifesting into form but you must understand how the mechanics of creation work. This requires being in alignment with your creative intelligence. What needs more awareness and light in order for you to get clarity and certainty? Where are you refusing to see the truth of your own wisdom? What parts of you are stuck in the dark and refusing to see the light? Where do you need to get brutally honest with yourself, in order to release, transform, heal and change? Release what is no longer serving you so you have space for more nourishment and abundance. Step boldly towards your passion, purpose and life offering! PART 2 coming soon! More transit and Nakshatra wisdom + Horoscopes will be posted shortly. 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