Payback's a Blessing.

Dear Readers,

From our phone conversations I know that many of you feel you've truly done all you can, have reached the end of your rope, and that if things don't start getting better soon you really don't know how you'll be able to survive. 

Please, keep the faith just a little bit longer.

There are several significant planetary cycles coming together this year promising better times ahead. It's just that we're still in the Out With The Old phase and not yet into the In With The New. I promise you, I give you my word (and in a minute I'll talk about how powerful that can be), we are indeed going to have the consciousness transformation we've all been anticipating since the Mayan Calendar predictions for December 2012 started circulating a dozen years ago. We're not there yet but if you know what to watch for you'll be able to enjoy the trip almost as much as the arrival.

The planetary cycle I want to talk about today is the one most responsible for frustrating us all lately: Saturn retrograde in the sign Libra until June 25.

Saturn is the planet of maturity, responsibility and karma. Saturn is the last planet visible to the naked eye and signifies the limits of how far we can go as individual egos. (The planets beyond Saturn have to do with group consciousness and dissolving into The One Consciousness.) Libra is the planet of partnership commitments. Thus Saturn retrograde in Libra signifies we cannot move forward until we back up and fulfill our outstanding commitments. Between now and the end of June we are all being confronted with what we have left undone, what needs to be brought to completion. It could be agreements we've made with others but it may be promises we've made to ourselves. The key point here is that we all have areas in our lives where we have not acted like the mature responsible Saturn adults we were supposed to be by now and until we demonstrate that we have mastered these required lessons, life doesn't progress. 

Often though we feel we don't even know what the lesson is we're supposed to learn. "Love thy neighbor " and maybe "Forgive as ye would be forgiven" and "Do unto others as you would have others do unto you,"  of course, but those are all kinda Venus/Neptune lessons. The key lesson with Saturn is Keep Thy Word. Whether it's promising to pay a bill or just promising to be somewhere at a certain time, we can't ascend to the next dimension until we master keeping our word in this one because it is the strength of our word to create the future that allows us to move beyond our present reality. 

As we awaken we more clearly see how our words are creating our future. Saying "I'll see you tomorrow" actually sets up the potential for meeting again. We may say it casually but the Universe takes us seriously. After making such a promise we notice that the next day things tend to line up so we do indeed have an opportunity to meet again. However, if we then do not follow through and complete the agreement our word becomes weak and then the next promise we make is even less likely to be fulfilled until finally nothing happens the way we intended it to.

 When Saturn retrograde is giving us a time to rebuild the strength of our word. Indeed, everything else seems to be blocked until we go back and complete those old promises.. If you have been feeling blocked or feeling that your reasonable expectations are not being met, ask yourself,"Where have I given my word but not followed through? What have I promised to do that I haven't done yet?" Even if it's something minor - trivial in fact, like taking out the trash - go back and complete the task. If it's major, something that can't be completed immediately like paying off a debt, at least make a start. Clear a space. Then notice how the Universe rewards you. Pay off ten dollars on that loan and the Universe will send you twenty. Preachers say our lives are only given to us as a loan. Just as with a bank, as we pay off that loan by doing what we promised to do in our lives then we are extended a greater loan, a greater life.

As I re-read this I realize I'm making dealing with Saturn sound like hard labor. It needn't be! One of the very pleasant opportunities Saturn retrograde offers is the chance to repay social debts. Owe someone a dinner invitation? Give 'em a call! Or maybe we just owe ourselves a day off - hey, it's a tough job but somebody's got to do it. ;-)

Now post a comment or give me a call - we owe it to ourselves!

Rosada

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Rosada, EXT 2340
CertifiedPsychics.com

The I Ching Oracle

The I Ching is an oriental book of prophecy. It dates back thousands of years, in fact it is the oldest book in existence. Confucius held it in such high regard that he said, "If I had another 50 years added to my life I would spend it studying the I Ching so that at last I might be made free from error." 

"I Ching" means "The Changes" and the book describes all the changes possible in the human experience and divides them into 64 situations, such as Creating, Completing, Waiting etc.. It describes each situation and how it will evolve - change - and  then advises how one should behave in such circumstances. By then following this guidance one can come to live in harmony with all that is.

 If you care to consult the I Ching, you begin by asking a question and tossing 3 coins 6 times. The way the coins land - heads or tails - indicates which of the 64 possible pictures applies to you. It's like getting a snapshot of your situation. Then it is up to you to interpret how the image relates to your question.. For example, you might ask, "What is the potential of my relationship?" You would then toss your coins six times. The six tosses result in a series of 6 lines, solid or broken depending on whether you got heads or tails. This series is called a hexagram. There are 64 possible hexagrams. Let's say you asked your question and tossed your coins and received the pattern for hexagram 22. Grace. This hexagram describes friends on vacation gathered around a campfire fire beneath a mountain. This is is a lovely image but it is describing a moment that cannot last, eventually one will have to return to the everyday world. The answer to your question, "What is the potential of my relationship?" is the I Ching is cautioning you to be sure the romance is not unrealistic. It maybe a lovely fantasy. However, if you received hexagram 53. Courtship, with it's image of two love birds building a nest, then without a doubt the I Ching is encouraging you that your partnership can grow into something long term. This is what I like so much about the I Ching  Unlike astrology where you have ten different planets and all their conflicting tendancies to take into consideration or tarot where you have 78 cards to worry about, the I Ching gives you one clear image and tells you exactly what the answer is! 

Most people if they have heard of the I Ching at all, only know it as an oracle. They have their specific questions and they only need to read their specific hexagrams for their answers. They may never choose to look at it more deeply. Some of us however catch the bug and like Confucius long to read it cover to cover, over and over in hopes we may eventually live a life of greater consciousness and deeper harmony.

I have been "into" the I Ching for over forty years. I am hoping that by writing about it here perhaps you, Dear Reader!, will be inspired to look into this book that is so much more than an oracle. It's really a Handbook for Life.

This week the sun has moved into the sign Taurus where it will eventually be meeting up with Jupiter, the planet of foreign cultures and philosophy. An excellent time for taking up the study of the I Ching!

 

Tally Ho!

Rosada

 

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Rosada, EXT 2340
CertifiedPsychics.com

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Rosada, EXT 2340
CertifiedPsychics.com

Turn on! Tune In! Write It Out!

I've recently moved to a small town in northern California. It's a friendly place and I've already connected with several kindred spirits in the neighborhood. it seems we all like to blog and so since we live practically next door to each other we've started calling our street The Writer's Block. We get together for coffee and encouragement, particularly when one of us really has run out of ink or ideas. We've come to the conclusion that writer's block tends to be a symptom of there being things that need to be gotten up and out but somehow we're resisting writing the words. When I first heard this I got a verifying "chill of confirmation" so I realized it's time for me to write out the story of my husband's recent passing:

My husband died of lung cancer in December 2011 but if you go back through the achieves you wont find me making any mention of it while it was happening. Having this space to think and write about other things provided me with a much needed alternative universe to hide in. But now I think I'm ready to tell the tale:

I met my husband in Haight-Asbury in the sixties during The Summer of Love. I had been taking classes at San Francisco State Collage when Timothy Leary of LSD fame came to the campus and gave a rousing speech concluding with his infamous words, "Turn on! Tune in! Drop out!" Despite the fact that I had come to this notorious city, I was a very straight little girl so these unorthodox ideas "blew my mind" as we liked to say in those days, and that night I had a vivid dream. An angel appeared and told me something amazing was going to happen the next day. My first thought upon waking was that nothing amazing could happen at my school so I decided to go ahead and "drop out" at least for a morning. Thus for the first time in my life I cut class and took a bus to Haight-Ashbury...

 

Although I only lived a few miles from that part of town, I had never been to The Height but I knew several people who lived there and of course I had heard all the stories about the Make Love Not War neighborhood. So I figured if anything unusual was going to happen this would be the place where it would manifest. But when I got off the bus I didn't know where to go! I decided to visit a friend. I walked several blocks to his apartment and knocked on his door but he wasn't home. Now I really was stumped. What to do next? In front of the building there was a stop light. A VW pulled up - a love bug! - with two fellows inside. I decided to try something else I'd heard of but never done before - hitch-hiking!! I stuck out my thumb with the idea that if this one car didn't pick me up I would keep walking. The boy who would be my future husband opened the door and said, "Hello. Want a ride?"

And so the forty-five year adventure began...

 These "hippies" were on their way to a Be-In, what we called gatherings in those days - sort of a mini Woodstock. Naturally they invited me to join them and naturally I said yes! We headed for Golden Gate Park and spent the next several hours "day-tripping." I had recently read a book, The Scientific Laws of Palm Reading, and was eager to try my skills. With the sort of confidence that only comes from being completely inexperienced I began telling fortunes. Soon a line formed and I had a wonderful time learning to trust my instincts and becoming bolder and bolder with my predictions until finally the fellow who had picked me up asked me what I saw in his hand. "You are going to be married very soon," I decreed, a tad disappointed because I was thinking he was kinda cute myself. He shook his head in puzzlement claiming he didn't know anyone. "Well, keep your eyes open," I advised, "Cause any day now you are going to meet her..."

Long story short, we were married six weeks later. Meanwhile I'm getting kinda teary so that's about as far as I can go with my saga for today. I'll take up the story again another time. An interesting sidelight: My roommate at the time also met her future husband that week and she too was married shortly there after. I wish I'd known about feng shui in those days - I would love to know what the energy of that house was, definitely lucky for love!

Well enough about me. Now some astrological data to give us some guidance for our week ahead:

With a new moon in Taurus, and Mercury and Uranus in Aries the emphasis is on new beginnings this week but with a warning to check your facts before making large investments.

Monday, Mercury - the God in charge of communication - will be leaving Pisces, the realm of dreams and intuition to enter Aries, the sign of fast action and initiative. It signals a time when the door is open for new inspiration to come in. A bit of caution - weird fears and paranoia drift about in Pisces Land, so be careful the new ideas you're wanting to promote are based on something real..

The moon will be joining Mercury and also Uranus on Wednesday. This puts the focus on breaking out of bondage (maybe that's why I'm breaking out of writer's block?). Situations that have seemed stuck for months will find ways to move forward.

Finally on Saturday we will have the new moon in Taurus giving us a chance to anchor our inspirations in a whole new reality.  Do put in writing your affirmations for the month on Saturday and particularly be aware of what's going on in your world Saturday night when the new moon will be exact. This Taurus new moon specifically encourages us to eat healthy and be with good people. Please do it! You are setting the tone for your whole month ahead.

Feel free to post your New Moon affirmations here. There's something powerful about putting prayers out on the internet. Like a Tibetan Prayer Wheel, a computer seems to multiply the power of a written affirmation making it manifest so much more quickly.

My affirmation is that we'll talk soon!
Thanks for reading,

Rosada

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Rosada, EXT 2340
CertifiedPsychics.com