Aug~Sept~Oct 2009: Review, Assess & Harvest

*3* Major Activations:

Transforming Your Thoughts,

Desires & Definition of Freedom

Mercury Retrograde ~ Virgo/Libra

Mars/Pluto ~ Cancer/Capricorn

Saturn/Uranus ~ Virgo/Pisces

I am preparing for several upcoming events (see below) which will guide and support you during these changing times. The energy is intensifying (so what else is new?)!! I alerted you months ago that August was going to be as close to a "breather" as we were going to get before September ushered in truly transformative energies. So a reminder may be necessary to help you keep your eye on the true goal of *NOW*. There are some major activations, and there is definitely something for everyone. Each of the major alignments have their designated assignments to facilitate the current lessons. The Leo New Moon (8/20) urged you all to align with your own heart, and love yourself and each other more. Then the Sun (8/22 ~ identity/essential nature and Leo's ruler), along with the Moon (8/21), went in to Virgo, the sign of purification, healing and wholeness, which means an inner (Moon/Lunar) and outer (Sun/Solar) alignment (of your Being) was activated. This was the lead-in to Mars and Mercury (8/25), plus Venus (8/26 ~ all personal planets), adding to the Sun and Moon, as they *ALL* move in to new signs, initiating new lessons and expressions. Vesta is in on the mix this week as well (8/28). She is the aspect of the Divine Feminine which holds ALL LIFE SACRED~ and generally brings to your attention, that which 'used to be' sacred / has become taboo / it is now your job to make it sacred again!! She just spent the last 3+ months in Cancer, making your Sacred Space and Heart-Centered Work "sacred" again. This week, she moves in to Leo for the next 3+ months, making your core Self, Authentic Love and a Healthy, Thriving Community *SACRED* again! Remember, when ANY planet changes signs, it slows down (as should you) and beams down *INTENSE* ~ concentrated energy to us all ... and this week alone, all *6* of the above planets/asteroids are moving in to *NEW* territory.

Mercury Retrograde ~ Virgo/Libra

August 15 -thru- October 15 is the primary time frame of this particular Mercury Retrograde, which is technically ~ Retro on September 7th and Direct on September 29th. The Shadow period began around mid-August and will end around mid-October. During the course of this Mercury Retrograde through Virgo, Libra (and back again), there are several rare and once-in-a-lifetime additional activations. This tells me that while we make these monumental, tangible shifts (within and without) and while we take these quantum leaps of faith and expand our awareness, our capacity to mentally process and deal with these major changes will be more effective if we turn to Spirit, Higher Self, inward, to the core of our Beings, to our *HEARTS* ~ to guide us. Pushing to outwardly articulate or communicate what you are going through on this most deeply personal level is going to be near impossible to do with any fluidity or accuracy. There are not WORDS for what you will be experiencing for the next two months, and the reverberations extend many, many years in to the future.

I recommend concentrated effort to meditate as long and often as physically possible. Don't do this deep work 'on the fly' or while multi-tasking. (Normally, you can make great strides that way, but things are not "normal" right now.) Don't think of it as a "permanent" practice you have to rush in to NOW or else ... instead, think of it as *COMMITTING* to giving your Self two months to truly understand these major events and what they mean in your personal, inner and outer lives. You can "react" to the pokes from the Universe, but it is much more effective to "respond" ... with an *INNER* processing of your transformation and transition to the next level. If you give your Self this (or any) dedicated, focused time each day, and truly digest (embody) all you've experienced in the last 1-10 years, you will come out the other side of Mercury Retrograde with much more clarity and acquired wisdom to guide your next move(s) as Mercury and the Healing Trinity (Jupiter/Chiron/Neptune) all go *FORWARD* allowing you express the miracle that you ARE!

Mars/Pluto ~ Cancer/Capricorn

~ Mars ~

lower will/desire/passion/anger/sex/masculine

~ Pluto ~

Higher Will/Underworld/purification/transmutation/

regeneration/death & rebirth

August 25/26 -thru- October 17 is the primary time frame of the *CURRENT* Mars/Pluto activation. The *BEGINNING* of the first of *8* (2-year) Cycles, which we are currently "in", was November 2008 -thru (early) February 2009 ~ along with Mercury Retrograde in Aquarius/Capricorn and a Leo Full Moon/Lunar Eclipse ~ Mars *JOINED* Pluto through Sagittarius (opposing Gemini / squaring Virgo/Pisces ~ 1995-2008) for the last time and Capricorn (opposing Cancer / squaring Aries/Libra ~ 2008-2024) for the first time in over 250 years! That was the beginning of a 2-year Cycle, which led to the first *TEST* in April/May 2009 and here we are in August/September 2009 experiencing the *INTEGRATION* along with a Leo New Moon and Mercury Retrograde in Virgo/Libra. This suggests to me that the Leo energy of self-love and authenticity and the understanding and expressing (Mercury) of the "new you" ~ is connected with the Mars/Pluto work which will distill your deepest desires and clear a space to manifest them in the cleanest, purest ~ mental, physical, emotional and spiritual ~ environments possible at this time.

For More Review:

December 2008 ~ 12:12 Portal & Super/Full Moon Article

December 2008 ~ 12:12 Portal ~ Pt 2/Window of Opportunity

April 2009 ~ Mars: The Key to Now

Excerpt from Monthly Forecast:

August 1 ~ Cross Quarter/Lammas

~thru~

September 22 ~ Fall Equinox 2009

Mars is connecting with Pluto AGAIN! Remember last December 2008? That was the one and only month of the entire year that all the planets were FORWARD and Mars joined Pluto in Capricorn ... those two planets getting together only happens about every 2 years. So with Pluto in Capricorn for 16 years, that gives you *8* opportunities ~ in your ENTIRE LIFETIME ~ to really work on balancing and integrating your Lower Will (Mars) & Higher Will (Pluto) in Capricorn: Your Inner Authority, Your Desire for Heart-Centered Work, Your Contribution to Society, Your Passion for Freedom and Justice, Your Basic Human Rights. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, like so many other alignments in the years to come, to TRULY *PURIFY* and *DISTILL* your deepest desires to be truly independent, effective and self-sufficient, making you better able to make a worthy contribution to society. Those who cannot get their Lower Will *in-check* are going to find this a very tough 16 years.

So, technically, December 2008 Initiated this 8-Part Series of Mars/Pluto contacts. Now, let me take you back a little further to September 2007 - March 2008, when Mars Retrograded in Cancer (Mars Retrograding is another thing that only happens about every two years). It spent 7+ months in Cancer *PREPARING* you for this very alignment. Review your journals and notes for that time period and you're sure to find that what reached peak energy / critical mass / or imploded around September 2007 - March 2008, the dust finally settled on by December 2008, which *Initiated* the new Capricorn building work for Mars and Pluto (and YOU!) ... here's the basic 2-year cycle you can expect for 16 years to come.

*Mars spend about 2 months in each Sign, so you can expect these to be 2 month "processes" each time.

*12.28.2008 ~ INITIATION ~ Transformation of your deepest desire nature (Mars ~Conjunct~ Pluto in Capricorn)

*4.26.2009 ~ FIRST TEST ~ Pushes you to make choices and grow (Mars in Aries ~Square~ Pluto in Capricorn)

*8.26.2009 ~ INTEGRATION ~ Pushes you to balance/integrate all you've learned (Mars in Cancer ~Oppose~ Pluto in Capricorn)

*7.31.2010 ~ FINAL TEST ~ Pushes you to complete the work - the better you "make choices and consciously grow" at this stage will determine how intense the next phase will be. (Mars in Libra ~Square~ Pluto in Capricorn)

*12.08.2010 ~ NEXT INITIATION (Mars ~Conjunct~ Pluto in Capricorn)

*Note ~ I am developing a class for this, stay tuned, but in the meantime, journaling may prove invaluable when you have this first two years behind you and you want to reflect on how/when this cycle started. Remember, very often, how you START is how you FINISH ... and you always have a choice as to how much or how little you invest in your OWN POTENTIAL & WELL-BEING. This class will be for those highly motivated and consciously working with the energies on a consistent basis and are serious about getting results sooner than later. *To gauge interest, I'd really appreciate a note stating your interest and how much time you'd like to devote to each class (30-90 minutes). Email Kelly w. "Mars/Pluto Tele-Class" in Subject Line.

**A final thing to remember about this year and Mars' movements is that it will Retrograde in December 2009, which it only does every two years. Last time was Cancer, this time, the extended stay will be in Leo. More on that later ...

Saturn/Uranus ~ Virgo/Pisces

The on-going Saturn/Uranus activation has its 3rd of five Acts (9/15) and is also connecting with this month's Pisces/Virgo Lunation. The Pisces Full Moon (9/4) is going to dissolve whatever's *READY* creating a womb-like experience of *DEVELOPMENT* ... which will be, in part, preparing you for the Infinitely potent alignment during the Virgo New Moon (9/18) when Saturn, Sun, Moon (and my natal Uranus and Pallas - wow!) are *ALL* at 25° Virgo (with Mercury Retrograde close-by at the anaretic, mastery degree of 29° Virgo) ... all in the *9th House* of your Truth & your Story, along with: spiritual quest, wisdom, expanded consciousness, belief systems, religion, philosophy, publishing, higher learning/education, distant travel, foreign people, languages and countries.

Saturn Oppose Uranus ~ This is a Collective Activation that will *ping* us 5 times over a 2-year period (2009-2010) and it made me think of the "5-Act Structure" of a theatrical performance. Our initiation was Nov 4, 2008 / Election Day in the US and we have two more in 2009, February and September and two more in 2010, April and July. There are many breakdowns and descriptions of the ... 5-Act Structure ... here's the "Kelly version"

ACT 1 ~ Introduction to the players and establishment of points and possibilities, as well as the time & place

~ Astrologically: INITIATION

~ November 4, 2008
ACT 2 ~ Events accelerate, momentum builds, complications and complexities are revealed

~ Astrologically: TEST of what you've learned so far

~ February 5, 2009
ACT 3 ~ Climax of action, choices, critical mass & crossroads

~ Astrologically: INTEGRATION, assessment and compromise

~ September 15, 2009

ACT 4 ~ Descent, fear (false evidence appearing real), test of faith and reversal of fortunes

~ Astrologically: TEST of the quality of integration

~ April 26, 2010

*NOTE* Sign Change: Saturn moves in to Libra and Uranus moves in to Aries and begins a new 84 year cycle!! Being born anew in Aries, initiates an entirely new consciousness globally. So you better believe the first *4* Acts are PREPARING you for the FINALE! The *NEW* You ... and the *NEW* World are both being renewed!!

ACT 5 ~ Resolution, transmutation and awakening to a new level of understanding

~ Astrologically: COMPLETION ... in preparation for initiation of a new kind

~ July 26, 2010

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Virgo/Pisces Lunation
~ Virgo asks ...

"What is the most effective and efficient way to accomplishing my goals?"

~ Pisces asks ...

"What is the most beautiful and unifying way to accomplishing my goals?"

This Lunation is helping you integrate your physical (Virgo/Earth) and spiritual (Pisces/Water) selves. At this time, you have to combine your intuition (Pisces) with the facts (Virgo) to determine your own reality. You can't be distracted by Pisces' delusions of grandeur, nor can you allow Virgo to obsess over inconsequentials. The imperative at this time is to assess, take a personal inventory and heal during this *HARVEST* Season! We had the Pisces Full Moon Tele-Class already, but the ...

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Harvest ~ Assess what you've produced/accomplished in the last 6mo

Evaluate & Rectify ~ Assess what worked and what did not work

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Intense Energies & Radical Shifts This Summer

We have some potent alignments in June and July with a slight breather in August as we prepare for major changes coming this Fall and Winter 2009. June allows you to release anything no longer Truth for you with the Sagittarius Full Moon (June 7th) and initiates one of two New Moons in Cancer which will allow you to set completely new intentions where your definition of home and family are concerned. Many of us consider our friends to be our family, while others have been blessed to incarnate in to families which yield beautiful and lifelong friendships. Cancer rules Sacred Space, home base, what nurtures and protects you and with two New Moons we can set completely new intentions for how we would like to live at this time and going forward for this new 9 & 18 year cycle.

At this time (June 2009), we are completing a cycle initiated in December 2008 when we hit many major crossroads. Winter Solstice 2008 initiated the new Solar year when we released 2008 and set intentions for 2009 with the Capricorn New Moon. Now we are approaching Summer Solstice 2009 which will reveal what has blossomed beautifully and what needs pruning this Capricorn Full Moon (July 7th). Adding to the potency are Eclipses which always signify major crossroads and radical shifts which will complete their journey through the Leo/Aquarius axis this year and, simultaneously, begin a new cycle with Cancer/Capricorn. This indicates that our new cycle will illuminate choices and changes primarily around home and work.

Pluto's journey through Capricorn is going to amplify the power of this lunation 100-fold. Tapping in to the Healing Trinity (Jupiter/Chiron/Neptune) will help you process these major shifts if you can maintain some objectivity. One of the Cancer New Moons is also a Solar Eclipse (July 21st) and both Cancer New Moons are also Super Moons (June 22nd & July 21st), which is when the Moon is closer to the Earth so the magnetic pull is that much stronger. This may make you more emotional than usual due to the overwhelming choices and changes you've had to process just in the last 6 months alone. And a certain amount of honoring what you've completed and released is fine, however, do no linger, do not mourn. This is a new beginning that deserves to be celebrated! The only way you can create a new sense of home and/or heart-centered work is going to be if you can release whatever is no longer relevant or serving your needs in the here and now, get back to basics and follow your *HEART*.

Summer Solstice (June 20-21) is the integration and culmination of the intentions you set at Winter Solstice (Dec 20-21). What intentions did you set? How are they going? What has manifested? What has not? December 2008 was a very powerful time of major endings, clearing a space for what is coming in to view *NOW*. You are completely supported for healing old wounds and freeing up space & energy within your Being to do great things. And like all cycles, one is preparing you to the next. 2009 is preparing your for 2010 and beyond. There are many major cycles going on at this time, rather than feeling overwhelmed by them all and allowing them to 'blow your circuits' (making you completely ineffective) ~ instead, consult your *HEART* and ask your Being which of these cycles are you MOST ready to contribute to and CHOOSE ONE to focus on.

*Here are links to the articles from December that will give you a frame of reference if you have not read them and a useful reminder if you did. Another thing I'd like to mention is that almost *ALL* of the audios from 2008 are still quite relevant and extremely useful in understanding what is going on *NOW* which will enable you to make better decisions in the moment. I highly recommend any/all of them.

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**PERSONAL NOTE: I posted an extended Monthly Forecast on KarmicTools.com that covers the energies through mid-July. We are still in Gemini time so that all is current. I am working on many improvements on the website and am grateful for your patience during this process. I will post here on the Lunar Reflections Blog as often as possible but ask that if you are looking for something on my website that you cannot find, please feel free to Email Kelly (me) directly. For now, my only plans to take a break will be for MY birthday July 1st (June 28 - July 4) but otherwise all Tele-Classes will be held as planned and you can/should check the Calendar prior to confirm dates as they may change though it is not likely.

April-May 2009 ~ Planting Seeds for One & All

I am working on the Taurus Update and will notify you when the website is completely updated. This is a potent mix of Aries, Taurus and Gemini ~ speaking DIRECTLY to the energy of the "Re-Birth" of *NOW*. The First, Second and Third Houses of the zodiacal wheel cover all aspects of your *INITIATION* in to this new existence. I had to list everything together just to get a snapshot. Now, add to the mix that you are 6 months (later) from the CREATIONS of Scorpio time (Oct/Nov 2008) ~ preparing for the pruning of all that you've created since then, with the upcoming Scorpio Full Moon (May 9, 2009). And you are completing One Year since Taurus time (Apr/May 2008) ~ what did you CULTIVATE from May 2008 to May 2009?

Now, April-May 2009, we create or improve our GARDEN of life, where we experience beauty and receive nutrient. What seeds will you plant this season? How will they reflect the major evolution you've undergone in light of Venus' 8 Year Cycle, Re-Birthing your IDENTITY? Who are you now? (vs. last May?) You must clarify your intentions to maximize the benefits of the current planetary energy and alignments. You are so very supported, and being prepared for what's to come, so you must strengthen and fortify wherever and however you can and then show GRATITUDE for that process (and all it entails). Taurus reminds us of how powerful gratitude and generosity can be when given sincerely and from the heart.

A *PERFECT* addition to our work (and motivation to focus over the next 2-3wks) is The Rebirth Celebration Global Meditation being held May 9-11, 2009. I regularly check Carl Johan Calleman's website for new posts, however, this one was just posted last week and forwarded to me (Thank You!! Diana of Wise Awakening). It was such a powerful affirmation of all the work we do in the Power Circle and I invite you to check out my thoughts on the astrology contributing to this magical time. And I highly encourage you to SAVOR the article from Carl, covering the energy of now and Joseph R. Giove of CommonPassion.org shares his vision for The Rebirth Celebration Global Meditation. Your HEART will guide you, now and always.

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Naturally, as the astrologer, I had to see what other energies and entities were going to be relevant and active during this time. Whew! hang on ... and away we go!!

Most of you know that my primary thrust is understanding and co-creating with the cycles, micro to macro. For my new people, it is in this context I go on. We are gathering for a tele-class Tues / April 21st AND Tues / May 5th @ 8:45pm edt to go over the Taurus New Moon & Scorpio Full Moon (respectively) energy and much of this will be covered in detail so I encourage you to join us. The core group which is growing and evolving individually and collectively, is also deeply dedicated to this conscious work so if you feel called to join us, I am more than happy to honor the Early Bird $20 or 2-for-$35 and you can receive both Taurus New Moon and Scorpio Full Moon Audios + Activations. If money is an issue, *Love Offerings* are equally welcome and deeply appreciated!
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In closing, I recommend the article for more detailed planetary influences and I remind you that we are now well within the 'orb of influence' of the New Moon / Dark of the Moon, where all seeds germinate (in the darkness), asking for water (your life force) ~ nutrient (your tangible offering) ~ fresh air (your clarity) ~ warmth of the sun (fiery conviction) in order to blossom, expand and pollinate other potentials. Power Wishes are especially powerful during this time of year, and for those who are not on the manifesting side of the energies, you are on the release and purifying side of this energy. It is ALL GOOD!! Go with it, embody whatever energy is trying to express through you! If the ritual of meditating and writing things down is not your thing, that's okay too, just SET AN INTENTION of who you are creating (within your own Being) and what you are creating (in the world).

Click Here for Kelly's Complete Article & All Relevant Links Including:

• Aries ~ Taurus ~ Gemini 2009
• Now, April/May 2009
• Prequel and Here & Now
• Taurus/Scorpio Tele-Classes
• New Moon ~ Power Wishes
• Snapshot of the Astrology of *NOW* ~ April/May 2009
• May 9-11 ~ The Rebirth Celebration Global Meditation
• Bringing Up the Rear
• Gratitude & Love

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