Astrology Forecast
Astrology Forecast for December, 2011 to February, 2012
In order to clearly understand where we are in this present moment, and in the few short months to come, it is helpful to look at the broader context of events/phenomena within which these moments are occurring. The ship sailing the sea looks back to when it left port, how long the voyage is, the weather, currents and, in times gone by, the stars themselves, to determine the proper course. As a species, we too have set out on a voyage that began eons ago, before any of us were born, and the evolution of our collective consciousness is occurring within vast cycles of time.
We are all familiar with the change occurring from the old age of Pisces now shifting to Aquarius. Within that shift (taking from 1900-2100) we are now dealing with a square from the planet Uranus to Pluto that began in March 2011 and will continue through January of 2015. This is a tension-producing aspect that reflects the collapse of old forms of security, which make way for the emergence of a new sense of liberation and self-empowerment, leading to new creations. We have all been feeling the tremors within the foundations of government, banking, commerce, and religion begin to shake, heralding their future demise.
This demise will be occurring in fits and stops for a few more years to come as individuals, and new communities are birthed that offer key new solutions, options, and models for a future global society. The future potential of human creativity and genius is not being served by the current societal and educational systems, as the very essence of how we think/intuit and create is changing. The future holds innumerable diverse potential paths of self-expression and a free society that supports this new age of innovation, diversity, and liberation is being birthed.
Within that broad cycle is the Chiron/Neptune conjunction that has been occurring from March 2009, and will continue through March of 2012. Along with that we must include the north node of the Moon having entered the sign of Sagittarius in March of 2011 to remain there until September of 2012. Lastly, just to finish up the astrological indications that form the basis of this forecast, is Mars moving through the sign of Virgo all through the months of Dec-Feb.
When we take these aspects into account and use the archetypal images to explain the symbolism we see these months as bringing more of the dissolution of the old and birthing of the new. The downward global economic trend will continue to create situations (crisis) where it becomes more and more obvious that changes need to be made, not superficial cosmetic changes, but a fundamental restructuring of the way we govern our societies, financial and religious institutions, children, and finally ourselves. The pace of change will continue to increase and sudden, surprising, catastrophic events both natural and man-made will show the defects of the current system clearly and blatantly.
Within our own personal lives, the economic climate, as well as other unseen spiritual realities, is putting each of us in a pressure cooker. We can no longer trust those we thought trustworthy, can no longer believe those we were told knew the answers, and will be presented more and more frequently with the question of “Do I stay with this sinking ship or is now the time to take the leap?” It is a time that brings up deep questions of what is truly important, secure, necessary, and true. The challenging part is that the answers are no longer given and are no longer true for everyone, but need to be wrestled with individually leading to more and more diverse forms of self-expression on our planet. While it may not appear so, we are actually freer now than we have ever been before to create lives of our own design. Lacking in the creative art department? It is time to gamble, risk, chance, and practice, practice, practice at redesigning your Self and your life.
We have a total lunar eclipse squaring Mars occurring on the 10th of December as the earth passes between the Sun in the sign of Sagittarius and the Moon in the sign of Gemini. This will be a time (which will continue to increase in the coming years) when you can’t trust or believe what you are told but need to figure out new solutions to your problems independently of the old authorities you used to run to for guidance and wisdom. And this is not bad! Get with it! If you are on a team, in a relationship, or independently researching new answers to both old and new dilemmas, then this is your time to shine! We all need to become efficiency experts, remodelers, negotiators, mediators, engineers and scientists that reach out into the unknown and bring back ingenious, previously unheard of, ways of dealing with our problems.
The atmosphere of brainstorming, expanding our understanding of life, business, society, love, society, love, sex, and money in December will shift toward the end of the month to a practical, nuts and bolts, “we better tighten down the hatches” attitude that will last all through January. The best advice for these months is “Don’t do what you’ve always done or were told to do.” It may involve trimming the budget farther down than you ever thought you could. It may involve trusting your new idea or your new spouse or your new business partner more than you ever trusted them before. It may involve risking what you have held onto your whole life, be it a hope, dream, belief, person, business, outlook, or family in order to meet the path that life is now showing you. Mostly, it will be daring to dream again as old dreams based on childhood conditioning, movies, or societal norms fail to fulfill the expectations or come true.
For now more than ever, life is talking to us. Synchronicity is becoming serendipitiously more common! In astrology, there are no “accidents”, and this is becoming more apparent in more people’s daily lives (like yours if you’re paying attention). Through the internet, the weather, the stock market, the viruses and diseases, we are not only getting nudged these days, we’re getting whacked by life: “Do THIS! Go THERE! That’s a DEAD END!” It is in your dreams as well as your waking life, and if you are paying attention to these “signs of the times” (often coming through your significant other(s) as well) life is giving you guidance loud and clear. The thing is that it may not be what you want to hear so you try to go on believing that it will change or go back to the way things used to be but it won’t. It is time for us all to take our heads out of the sand and these months will give us ample opportunity (or should I say kick in the butt) to do so.
Once making it through the retrograde phases and the Jupiter/Saturn opposition, happening really from Christmas through the end of January, it’s going to get real crazy (and that can be in a good sense). Let’s say that some of the weight (as in heavy decisions) gets lifted, the party poppers come out and it is time to release the pressure, the stress, the anxiety and move toward relaxing, healing, and restoring ourselves and our lives. February holds a lot of undetermined, chaotic potential that will be experienced by many as just plain simple old magic (yes it still exists!). Call it grace or mercy or whatever you will, but there are forces in the universe that still smile down on us now and then and after the storm we can appreciate even more fully the beautiful rainbow. So take the bull by the horns, do the dirty work of creation, and celebrate the amazing life that YOU, no one but YOU, could possibly have imagined or carved out, but YOU are now IT!
Tom Lescher's blend of intuition with 30 years of astrological background and readings can be a life-changing event for his clients. His leading edge approach to healing spirit, mind, and body through emotional release is changing the face of modern day astrology. In addition to personal readings, Tom presents lectures, workshops and teaches internationally. Living in the CA Sierra Nevada foothills allows Tom to use nature for self-renewal and natural law as his guide. His work brings balance, love, and joy to others and the planet. Visit www.NewParadigmAstrology.com or email TomLescher@earthlink.net.
