Summer Solstice

David Pond’s Summer Solstice CD The Astrology for the next 3 months

We Are The People We’ve Been Waiting For
You know how it is with us astrologers, we’re always saying something big is about to happen. Well, something big is about to happen!

This summer is the most dramatic astrology we will experience in our lives; period. That being said, astrologers have been on the edge of their seats in anticipation of seeing how this will unfold; a bit like volcanologists gathering to a rumbling volcano. We’ve been in this build up and release since the fall of 2008 with the first passing of the Uranus opposite Saturn that has brought so much upheaval in its first four exact oppositions. This next event at the end of July promises to be considerably different than the first four for two reasons. First it is in a considerably more powerful alignment with other planets than before, and most importantly, the energy is shifting into cardinal signs. Cardinal signs are initiatory, ground breaking, and forward moving.

We want to be careful with too much prediction at this time. Prediction robs us of our power by assuming that future events are inevitable and out of our control; they are not. The events in the world are not happening to us, but from us. We are co-creators in the future of our own lives and the world around us and the choices we make now have considerable impact on the unfolding events.

Back in the 70’s Laurie and I lived with a commune in Hawaii. The leader of the group once said that psychiatrists labeled him as having a messiah complex because he believed it was his responsibility to care for every man, woman child, plant, and animal on the planet. His response, “I don’t have a messiah complex yet, not until everyone one of us awakens to our responsibility of taking care of all life on earth, then we will have a complex of messiahs.” Clever, but also a powerful message.

We have four children and 8 grand children and as all parents know; our children help us to become better people than we might otherwise be. We rise up and become wiser and stronger because of our children’s needs. If each of us rise up and take on the responsibility for all life around us, we will find the inner strength and wisdom we didn’t even know we had.

Apocalypse?
The word “Apocalypse” has been bantered about a great deal lately to describe the litany of crises we see confronting us. The original meaning of the word apocalypse is, disclosure of truth; lifting of the veil at the end of an age. Many have been duped into believing that we don’t belong here…here is not good. It is time we restore sacred awareness of self and planet.

Humanity is slowly lifting the veil that has kept us from the power of compassion. Compassion is such a sweet word, but there is also power in kindness as a way of life. The more that you resist in life, the more you firm up the battle against you. The more that you can accept, you grow in power. Caught in the quandary of either/or, options become limited.

Move towards synthesis thinking which rises above polarities and see a larger view that encompasses both. Don’t get locked into reactionary, polarity thinking with this type of astrology, you will just empower the opposing force.

Force yourself to “Lift the Veil” of separatist, lower chakra thinking and see things from your heart. If this seems too new agey, you are missing the power of the teaching. As we rise up in vibration from one chakra to the next, our world becomes more inclusive. We don’t separate from the lower chakras, we build on them. As we awaken to the power of our heart chakra, our world expands and the lower chakras come into balance. Lifting of the veil of separateness you enter into a synergistic rapport with life, and it all falls into place; life works. You attract support for your projects and endeavors.

Simply said, pull your mind out of whatever you are against and don’t like, and invest it into that which you do support. Pay attention to what you are paying attention to.
Saturn is the structure, the system, the shell that holds a family, business, government together. It brings cohesiveness and order in establishing the rules that work to hold it all together. Saturn is under siege right now by planets that are more powerful than itself, so the old structure, the shell has been cracking and with this upcoming transit, the shell is cracked wide open and humanity emerges to the next stage of its growth. Imagine a chick emerging from the once protective and now limiting shell. Imagine the flood of new information coming in! Sights and sounds and experiences that are wonders to behold for the chick just emerging out of the panic stage of busting out of the shell.

We’ve been gardening this spring and have started many plants by seed. It is something to watch a germinating seed burst open with new life. The shell of the seed once protected the dormant life within, but once it comes into life, the shell is burst open and cast aside as the sprout bursts forth.

This is where we are, new life will burst forth. The creative genius of the human spirit is awakening, and with Jupiter joining Uranus in Aries, these two are rubbing their hands together in excited glee about the possibilities in the yet to be discovered future. Those who align with this emerging spirit of new possibilities will easily be able to burst through the old limiting shell and trust that emerging into the new world of possibilities is the way.

Uranus and Jupiter both together in Aries promise exciting breakthrough discoveries in many fields. The pioneering forward thinking Aries gives these two voices of growth plenty of fuel. This is genius like energy in the “can do” sign Aries. Politically the spirit is revolutionary, sweeping changes of social reform would be expected

A compassionate culture intervenes on the behalf of victims from predators. Of course there will be huge opposition as the Saturn opposition will not go down without a fight. There will be those that believe the egg shell needs to be repaired and made back into what it used to be. It’s a tough argument to win in the face of how much change, growth, evolution has occurred, but Saturn’s function is to resist change, and its voice will be heard, and with Pluto involved, the voice of resistance could get nasty, fueled by ancient hatreds and the like. With the Aries activity, the voice for individual rights is likely to get fueled. Aries after all, would ideally get to do what it wants, when and where it wants, unrestricted. So the government sanctions will get challenged by individual rights groups of various sorts.

We can just look at the astrology of these times and see that we would be very vulnerable to “spark plug mentality.” The mental energy builds but fires off at whatever it is frustrated about. The energy builds and fires, builds and fires. To sustain the mental energy, don’t let it fire off. Breathe deep into it, now accept it, and then direct it. The benefit of rising out of polarity thinking is sustained mental energy. It didn’t fire off and now can be directed and put to use.

Growing impatience with things that aren’t fair. In our individual lives, this rebellious awakening will likely get activated with issues of fairness. We’ll likely feel like we’ve just had it with things that aren’t fair and have very little patience in dealing with unjust individuals.

This will have a strong impact on all relationships with the awakened needs of the self not to be denied, and yet having to remain balanced within the needs of a relationship. Expect some renegotiation in your relationships as a renewed passion for your individual rights within your involvements with others will certainly demand more attention.
We are all being asked to sharpen our skills of negotiation. Negotiation doesn’t simply mean adapting to the demands of others, It means doing your best to bring honor and integrity into all of your dealings with others. It’s not wishing things were more fair, or even first walking away from that which isn’t. It is showing up to do what you can do, to be clever enough, diligent enough, patient and persistent enough to bring situations to what resonates as fair to you. And then if you can’t make a good agreement, don’t make a bad one! You are encouraged to be active in bringing about a fair agreement, but above all, you have to know how to avoid making bad agreements. If something doesn’t feel right, it probably isn’t!

Listen to your inner knowing, the little nudges of consciousness, and start responding to them as if they were guidance, and you’re sure to be on the high road. The Uranus/Jupiter in Aries piece promises to bring many illuminating sudden knowings into consciousness. And of course Saturn will tell you all the reasons you can’t do that! And thus it goes.
Saturn retrograde in Virgo till Jul 21st. Return to maintenance, get your world working and functional, take care of your health, get your car maintained, simplify, simplify, simplify. Plant a garden, get close to the earth. The earth belongs to those who take care of her.

Anxiety Symptoms. This quickened energy that these transits are bringing is showing up as anxiety symptoms for many, even those not prone to anxious feelings. The body is resonating with this quickened energy. Flushing, heating and burning sensations, twitches, sleep issues, racing anxious thoughts, and the like are being reported with way increased frequency. This is most unpleasant for those prone to these experiences.
Breath awareness is the first thing to check. Energy follows breath and when you are anxious, check your breath; it is most likely shallow and rapid, butterfly breath. When you are feeling anxious, first breath deep and slow. Do this first, and then see how you feel. As you breathe deep, picture yourself expanding with each breath, allowing space in yourself for the energy to exist. Notice where you are holding any tension in your body and release the tension.

The astrology of these times is creating tremendous uncertainty, and this we must learn to live with. At least with Jupiter joining Uranus in Aries, the uncertainty will be laced with positive anticipation, rather than the uncertainty flavored with dread of the last few years.

Sleep
A note on sleep. When you can’t sleep, at least rest. Practice relaxation techniques while lying in bed to put your body into rest. Breathe deep, relax all tension in the body. Put yourself into restoring, receiving mode. Listen. Listen to your breath. Listen to all sounds around you. Receive the sounds as if energy coming into you with your deep breathing. Imagine every cell in your body on receiving, restoring mode and know that hanging out here is the next best thing to sleeping; you’re resting.

“It’s a mystery!”
One of the inspirational lines from the movies helps me in these times. I remember Geoffrey Rush’s role in the film Shakespear in Love. He was the producer and when one catastrophe after another threatened to stop the plays, like the theater being closed down the day before opening and when the cast would run to him and ask “How is this going to work out?” He would open his hands up in the air, tilt his head, shrug a little bit, grin and say, “It’s a mystery.” And somehow it did workout.

The oil gusher is the dark crude of our collective greed rising up out of the waters of our collective unconscious. Many people are reporting waking up with feelings of suffocation. We are not suffocating, but our oceans are. We need a new vision; there are dead canaries, and pelicans, all over the place. The hero’s have fallen. We’ve been waiting for Jesus, Buddha, The Pleidiens, the photon belt, Obama; somebody has got to save us, right? It is humanity itself that must rise up and save humanity. It is you and me and we.

As part of a new vision of our life on earth we could use a new definition of humility. Humility is not about self-denial, it is standing out of the way and allowing the divine to become successful through us. It is time to step outside of our fear and allow ourselves to rise up and meet the needs of these times. It is time for the complex of messiahs to step forward and become the custodians of life on this planet. It is our time. We are the people we’ve been waiting for.

To see how this historic planetary alignment impacts your individual birth chart, call us, or email, or order through Reflectingpond.com to arrange a personal astrological reading. You can also order David’s 60 minute audio recording of the collective impact of these times with the order form below.


Hear David’s predictions and what astrology has to say about the upcoming three months and what you can do to stay aligned with yourself and the world around you during this time. David deals with these issues at length in the Summer Solstice edition of the quarterly astrological recording, “Cycles and Seasons”, which will be coming out next week. This 60-minute recording covers the next three months as to the astrological influences impacting all of us, and answers such questions as: When is the best time to act? To pullback? To be cautious, or bold?

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