It takes Saturn 2.5 to 3 years to move from one constellation (or sign) to the next. This is significant when you consider that it takes the moon only 2.25 days to transit a sign, and of course it takes the sun 30 days to do the same (after the sun transits twelve signs, it is a ‘solar return’ or a birthday).

Where this Saturn transit overlays with your birth chart determines how this shift affects you right now and what you can expect in that area of life over the next 3 years. ‘Areas of life’ include relationships, family, career, school, money, health, communication, home, parents, children, etc.

The key to any shift is to work with that energy, as it usually leads to a valuable lesson and benefit. Surrender control and get curious about where this may lead.

For more detail on this subject, I refer you to my friend, teacher, and world renown Master Astrologer James Kelleher. Click here.

• Whatever is to come, let it come. Whatever is to leave, let it leave. To believe that this requires effort is an error. What effort must a towel make to absorb water?

• Searching for clarity is like trying to fall in love. Love happens on its own terms, as does clarity.

• To be a person requires energy. To be, does not.

• No-mind cannot be known. Since the mind cannot register its own absence, how is this to be known?

• Stop trying to quench this thirst by drinking the sound of water.

• The truth does not set you free. The truth reveals that you’ve always been free.

• Trying not to think is like trying to stop grass from growing by screaming at it.

• When a lamp is brought into a dark room, one sees what is already there.

A poorly placed or aspected sun can give challenges with confidence and self-esteem and self-expression. There will be obstacles with career and the personality may be prone to boasting  and have egotistical qualities. It can also signify challenges, difficulties, or separation from the father.

Knowing and understanding the underlying tendencies of planet placement can help you understand yourself and others with rare insight.

When I say the word ‘mother’ to you, in reality there are only five possibilities that can happen. You SEE A PICTURE of your mother, you SEE A VIDEO of your mother, you SEE THE WORD ‘mother’, you HEAR THE WORD ‘mother’, or you have an abstract THOUGHT BALL of the concept of mother.

Regardless of the meaning (positive or negative) that you associate with ‘mother’, the mechanics of what happens is one of the five things described above. ‘Becoming awake’ has a lot to do with differentiating between what is actually happening and the meaning you attribute to what is happening.

For the next 24 hours, pay attention to what is really happening in your Inner Space, the space you ‘see’ when your eyes are closed. For most people what is actually happening is hearing a voice or seeing a picture, though the other three options are also possible. Notice the shift in your perspective as your awareness increases.

A new moon is dark and represents a potential perception of lack of emotional support. If you are sensitive to the lunar cycle, you may feel more edgy or less loved when this happens. A full moon, on the other hand, represents a fullness of emotion like a cup overflowing. It can cause emotions to be exaggerated. If you speak to school teachers, prison guards, or hospital workers they will tell you that they have more incidents on full moon days/nights than any other day of the month.

In general, new moons are good for reflection, organization, and meditation. Full moons are good for new beginnings and finding a constructive way to utilize the extra energy.

Modern lifestyle has caused us to be more separated from nature and less in touch with natural rhythms. It is worth exploring whether the moon cycles have an observable effect on you. Mark your calendar for the next 3 months to identify new moon and full moon days and notice how you feel and behave on those days. If there is a significant impact on your mood, this knowledge could help you organize your life around the lunar cycle, e.g. not scheduling important meetings on new moons and not indulging with your diet on full moons so that you honor your biorhythms.