‘Cause we’re living in a world of fools
Breaking us down, when they all should let us be
We belong to you and me
— The Bee Gees
Dear Friend and Reader:
Every day, I see my spiritual training flash by before my eyes.
Love and fear cannot coexist in the same place. My thoughts are images that I have made. I do not perceive my own best interests. There is another way of looking at the world. God is the love in which I forgive. Love created me like itself. We all contain the means of our own healing. Let me recognize the problem so it can be solved. I could see peace instead of this. My grievances hide the light of the world in me. Let miracles replace all grievances. Love is letting go of fear.
Two years into our little global crisis (read the chronology), we seem to not only be back where we started, but in a worse place: a world where fear is seen as the only virtue. In this alternate reality, we are ruled by those who most effectively terrify us, or confuse us, or make us doubt ourselves.
I am wondering when people are going to collapse from adrenal exhaustion, discouragement, grief, and lack of motivation. I marvel at how through an entire “pandemic,” I’ve only seen one article about how to take care of a sick person (and we have a team of people searching for and reading articles).
There is Not a Consensus, Among Anyone
There are signs of life; I take note of at least one a day. Vibrant communities are forming among those who are not down with the program. People are working on education, food security, legal issues, housing issues, and financial matters. They are socializing normally.
Not everyone is on board with seemingly eternal, aggressive anxiety, but to some extent, everyone is dragged in. Many are afraid of those who are not into this whole trip: be terrified of everyone and everything. Unless you openly express your fear, and pretend to offer your whole life to it, you are somehow a potential suspect, a dangerous and untrustworthy person. But this is not a real consensus. Many are alert and many more are waking up.
Meanwhile, the corporate media is making it look like all scientists everywhere agree with everything. I assure you: this is a total falsehood. CNN’s Sanjay Gupta does not embody the entire medical and scientific establishment. Consider this.
Then there are the casualties. Plenty of people were in rough shape before this all happened. Many people were having trouble getting through the day. For nearly all of us, our lives were overwhelming, and there was barely time and money to do what we wanted. For those who were already on the edge and many other people, life is not better. They are the left behind.
They are the suicides you’re reading about, the domestic abuse survivors, those whose consumption of alcohol and drugs has increased over the past two years. They are the people suffering from depression, sickness triggered by an immune response from constant masking, autistic people who cannot get to the gym, and many others.
Yes, love and fear cannot coexist in the same place and time. Honest scientific inquiry must be fearless, and not subject to popular opinion. Seeking the truth is a form of love, and it takes courage.
Banned from the Town Square, and the Family Table
We have now seen two years nonstop of people being shunned and ridiculed by their friends because they so much as ask questions about what is happening. I know many people who have been shamelessly banned by their families from the holiday dinner table. The information superhighway is strewn with the bodies of qualified doctors and scientists warning us about problems with the narrative.
Yes, love and fear cannot coexist in the same place and time. Honest scientific inquiry must be fearless, and not subject to popular opinion. Seeking the truth is a form of love, and it takes courage.
Robert Malone, an early inventor of mRNA technology (that is, the “covid vaccine”), has been banned from Twitter for expressing skepticism about the use of his own invention. Could we seek some clarification from a more qualified expert?
We have witnessed and largely tolerated people who dare to use their minds being thrown out of the town square, over and over. YouTube’s guidelines dictate exactly what you can and cannot say about viruses, vaccines, medication and pandemics.
There are so many rules it’s funny, and telling. The Google God knows it all, including the entire future and all its details. The “reality-based community” is allegedly now delusional.
We have witnessed the disruption of weddings, funerals, private meetings, holidays, access to food, access to medical care, and movement without surveillance — all over an issue with the same fatality rate as ordinary flu. Isn’t this a little odd? Or a lot?
We are watching top scientists be canceled and silenced; dissenters taken to a concentration camp in Australia called Howard Springs (even if they are not “covid positive”; a doctor in Canada committed to an institution for senility when what he really did was question the medical narrative.
And in other news, Facebook admitted in court that its rampant “fact checks” are merely opinion, which used to be a different thing than verified fact. Every now and then the truth slips in.
I will add this. The people around the world who have been working to get the truth out for the past two years are tired. They have taken great risks and most have gained nothing being in this position. That is a long tour of duty, working against public ignorance and a tsunami of propaganda coming from the corporate media. Perhaps show them some love.
Why do we allow this? Most people don’t know, and don’t care that they are not being told. Many who know think it’s somehow worth it. Think of how many lives we have saved! That is not how medical science is supposed to work; rule one is do no harm.
Fear is Costly
In the past year, twice as many deaths have been reported to the official United States CDC database (called the VAERS system) for “covid vaccines” alone than were reported for all 75 or so other vaccine products the past 30 years.
Between 1990 and 2020, there were about 10,000 reported deaths from all vaccine products combined (I did not know that previously). In 2021, there were 20,000 deaths associated with just the “covid vaccines” alone. The system picks up between 1% and 3% of all incidents. One million total injuries are now on record for “covid vaccines.” Check the data yourself.
Why do we allow this? Most people don’t know, and don’t care that they are not being told. Many who know think it’s somehow worth it. Think of how many lives we have saved! That is not how medical science is supposed to work; rule one is do no harm.
Isn’t there some regulatory switch that someone is supposed to pull to shut this down? In 1976, the “swine flu vaccine” was scrapped after just 25 people were known to have died. Any sane person would think that was 25 too many. Apparently there is no longer such a thing as immoral.
Everything we have been told would allow us to return to normal life has resulted in either setbacks, or no progress at all. After “two weeks to flatten the curve,” “social distancing,” lockdowns, stay-home orders, closing massive school districts and all theaters, isolation of the elderly, plastic sheeting and dividers, and masking people with one, two or three face diapers — and most notably, mass injection of some 80% to 90% of the Western world — nothing is back to normal.
The fear level is rising. We are told cases are running out of control. University campuses with absolute vaccine mandates are having “outbreaks.”
It would seem like many are unfamiliar with the concept of “bait and switch.” It would seem we have forgotten about the incompetence of government agencies (and about corruption, and greed).
But it’s all OK as long as it pumps up fear, or is used to do so, and then we pretend to have relief by wearing a face visor (or in the case of my neighborhood jeweler, an actual gas mask). Watch the dancing skeleton and you won’t notice anything else. A lot else is happening.
Small adjustments in the testing protocol can create the illusion of a “surge” or a “variant.” Adjust the other way and the “variant” disappears like a puff of smoke and the “case count” plummets. Turn it back up and you can terrorize the population.
What I Have Learned About the ‘Covid Test’
I will avoid technicalities in this letter, except to say this one thing. After a long career covering Monsanto (since 1991), and nearly two years of investigating the test, I have learned a little.
This homework has involved conducting numerous interviews with qualified scientists and researchers on all sides of the issues, studying the history of the test, reading hundreds of articles and published papers, and watching countless lectures and technical instructional videos (all multiplied, analyzed and verified by the work of my devoted research colleagues). Who has time? We do.
The virus, the variants, the test and the injection are all based on interconnected theoretical computer models, and no biology whatsoever. This is 1) widely admitted by scientists on all sides of the issue, if you learn what to read or listen for, and 2) designed to be a perpetual motion machine of an endless crisis.
Small adjustments in the “testing” protocol can create the illusion of a “surge” or a “variant.” Adjust the other way and the “variant” disappears like a puff of smoke and the “case count” plummets. Turn it back up and you can terrorize the population. We are talking about “science” by fiat, which is not science at all. In the community working on dioxin, this used to be called political science.
On Jan. 1, the CDC introduced a new “multiplex” PCR protocol that supposedly can tell the difference between flu viruses and “SARS-CoV-2.” Oh, the new test can distinguish them? How advanced! What was going on the past two years, while governments, big pharma and big tech tore the world apart — aided and abetted by the terrified and the defrauded?
Unless you understand the test technology, it’s very easy to be fooled by it. It is easy to deem as idiots or conspiracy freaks those who actually understand the whole complicated business (as if there is nothing to understand; there is, and you can).
Let’s Put a Gown on It
In late 2019, Dr. Anthony Fauci said on C-Span that he wanted to “put a gown” on the ordinary seasonal flu and convince people that it’s as bad as AIDS or cancer (and improve the miserable market saturation of flu vaccines, which until recently was 23%). The proposed solution to this marketing problem, they said on C-Span, would be an mRNA vaccine, before the public had a clue what that was. Don’t believe me; watch and listen for yourself. The first minute should pique your interest.
Unless you understand the test technology, it’s very easy to be fooled by it. It is easy to deem as idiots or conspiracy freaks those who actually understand the whole complicated business (as if there is nothing to understand; there is, and you can).
Try these on, from The New York Times: an article we’ve fully verified called Faith in Rapid Test Leads to Epidemic that Wasn’t (2007, documenting an incident with 100% false positives); and Your Coronavirus Test is Positive. Maybe it Shouldn’t Be (2020, documenting that the so-called covid test results in 90% false positives).
Regarding the second article, we have verified this analysis six ways from Sunday (the reality is far worse than the Times has admitted) and I have gone so far as to interview the writer about her reporting methods and point of view.
Anyway, which is it? In 14 years, the device went from being 100% wrong to just 90% wrong. How impressive. Tell me: what test has a passing grade of 10%? (And for many, many reasons, even that is a gross overstatement.) This is the radar gun that clocks a parked car going 75 mph. Would you pay that ticket, or fight it?
Both articles are about the reverse transcriptase, real-time, quantitative PCR, programmed for an RNA sample: the same exact device. The only difference is this: in the 2007 incident at Dartmouth Medical School, a bacteria was involved, and that can be cultured, hence the test results could be checked. In the present crisis, a virus is said to be involved, and that cannot be cultured, and therefore cannot be verified.
Therefore, “covid tests” have no reference standard and cannot be checked against other assays. They cannot be confirmed. Their own official technical documentation (I spent 18 months verifying that article) says they are not diagnostic tests and cannot diagnose viral infection — but this is all they are being used for.
I don’t blame anyone for being confused, including doctors, who are not biochemists.
Everyone knows that Copperfield didn’t pop the jet airplane into the 8th dimension. It only looks like it’s disappearing, which is an impressive trick (and he is a charming fellow).
The Vanishing Learjet Trick
Many times the past two years, I have watched the video of illusionist David Copperfield performing the vanishing Learjet trick. This is done on a solid concrete runway without the help of elevators, turntables, camera tricks, Photoshop, and so on. The jet plane is lashed down to concrete pylons and surrounded by people holding hands. Then it’s gone.
Everyone knows that Copperfield didn’t pop the jet airplane into the 8th dimension. It only looks like it’s disappearing, which is an impressive trick (and he is a charming fellow). I have never found an explanation for how he pulled this off, though we can all agree, there was no insurance claim made for the aircraft. Yet — before dozens of witnesses — it looked like it disappeared.
The difference is only this: the witnesses and the “magician” all know and admit that it’s an illusion. They know and accept they are part of a theatrical exhibition.
Now, why can they at least get that far? They are not terrified. They don’t think they’re going to vanish the next minute. They don’t think that Copperfield is out to get them. Imagine this trick happening, say, in the 15th century. Copperfield would be arrested and burned at the stake.
We all have some spiritual training. Most people reading try to eat well so they can be stronger if their body is challenged. We all have some faith in God and in the beauty and perfection of nature.
How Committed to Your Fear Are You?
How deep is your fear? That’s how deep you will get drawn into this, taking everyone around you with you. The more anyone defends themselves against the virus, or against the truth, or people who question the claims of corporate officials, or try to fend off imminent sickness and death, the more real it will be to them. The Course in Miracles has a lesson about this: If I defend myself, I am attacked.
We all have some spiritual training. Most people reading try to eat well so they can be stronger if their body is challenged. We all have some faith in God and in the beauty and perfection of nature.
We all know society had a lot of problems before this all happened, and that many people didn’t take such good care of themselves. This is all an invitation to wake up and pay attention.
Today, we are allowing the most terrified, greedy and power hungry among us to lead us into a dark future: the black mirror.
It is time to grow up, and face our fears, and get real about taking care of ourselves and one another. We do not need to live in the dark, in the back of a cave. And we must, in my view anyway, think of the world that we are leaving to our progeny.
I know we are better than all of this.
With love,
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January Monthly horoscope by Eric Francis
With whom are you involved, and what is the nature of the involvement? Who is supportive of your efforts, and who is not? Once you have that done, work your way back, and tell yourself the story of the past dozen years or so.
Aries (March 20-April 19) — Your central purpose right now is to align yourself with your professional goals, as they manifest in the present time. You have some catching up to do with yourself — such as a review going back to about 2000. That was another time, when everything seemed to change all at once, and you were compelled to figure everything out in a world that was changing faster than you could keep up. Once again we live in a time when everything has changed, and is changing. Yet now you know much you did not know in the past. And at the present time, you are more intimately involved with the people and circumstances that surround you. There is no escaping them, and little chance you can hold yourself above them. Your charts describe coming to terms with your direct involvement in the world, and with certain specific partners. This must occur before you can actually move forward and take new territory. Therefore, the place to start is with the reality of your circumstances right now. With whom are you involved, and what is the nature of the involvement? Who is supportive of your efforts, and who is not? Once you have that done, work your way back, and tell yourself the story of the past dozen years or so. Take your time doing this, and keep going until you reach a point in space and time that feels so old it’s a little weird to be there. What would you say to that person, knowing all that you’ve learned in the ensuing decade or more? Be clear in your suggestions and specific in your ideas. This is most likely what will benefit you from learning and putting into practice now. It is not too late; in fact, you are right on time.
With your beliefs out of the way, you are in a much better position to consider your reality as it is. You will be able to consider the evidence before you without prejudice.
Taurus (April 19-May 20) — The power of belief is one of the absurdities of human consciousness, and it also tells us a lot about its nature. One can make up a story about “the meaning of reality” and live as if it is true — even after discovering that it is not. Even this can go on for a while, until either the evidence to the contrary is so overwhelming you are forced to pay attention, or the ruse of belief no longer stands up. If you get to this point, you may be totally disoriented, and I would say that from a spiritual standpoint, this is exactly what you want. With your beliefs out of the way, you are in a much better position to consider your reality as it is. You will be able to consider the evidence before you without prejudice. When you do that, notice the feeling of all the clutter that is missing. Notice the ability of your mind and feelings to embrace what is so. Take the opportunity to consider your reality as it is now, rather than how it feels filtered by expectations you have been carrying around your whole life, and which may descend to you through the generations. It would be fair to call this your direct experience of your soul, rather than a mental construct better described as false morality. In the most practical terms, you have an invitation to question everything you believe, especially what seems to be the most obviously true. Challenge what seems sacrosanct, or that which is ‘plainly obvious’. The conditions of the world have changed considerably since you were born, and much of that has happened in the past twenty years. Yet for you, updating your perceptions and various bottom lines must be a conscious and voluntary act. Or at least that’s the most peaceful approach.
You bring quite enough to the table of your own life. Now for the tricky part: you do not need the consent of this power or authority to move into new territory. It’s up to you to create new terrain for yourself, and go there.
Gemini (May 20-June 21) — Mercury retrograde commences Jan. 14, and the theme is renegotiating certain agreements that are central to your life. This is also the theme of the current Venus retrograde, though Mercury will remove any doubt that this is about you and not about someone else. One challenge you have faced for a long time is the feeling (or the reality) of being compelled to wrap your life around the sensation that there is some huge power that someone is wielding over you, and with which you must constantly comply. This is not necessarily a bad thing, in that it provides you with an organizing principle, and a motivation for both growth and adaptation. Yet this factor, whatever it may be, is close to having served its purpose. You no longer need the concept of an external authority around which you organize your relationships, your finances or your thought system. You bring quite enough to the table of your own life. Now for the tricky part: you do not need the consent of this power or authority to move into new territory. It’s up to you to create new terrain for yourself, and go there. This could include collaborations with other partners, or new projects about which nobody needs to know. You have become so accustomed to seeking various forms of clearance and permission that this may seem odd or awkward. You may discover that this seemingly external power was a phantom, or a superego-like mental construction that represents your parents, or the expectations that society imprinted on you as a child. My suggestion is that you find an entirely new approach to coexisting with others. Your life is better suited for people to be exemplars, guides, supporters and collaborators. As you find these situations, some of which may already exist, you will find they leave you much more room to be exactly who you are, rather than any other possibility.
You may discover over the next few months that your perceptions were correct, relating to important matters far greater than yourself or your personal life. Make sure you don’t come off as being right all the time; rather, stand firm on your privilege of choosing what is right for you.
Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Everything in your life is not subject to a vote by a committee. You would serve yourself well to stop acting as if it is, and make sure you understand that you are the person who makes your own decisions. It will be easier to follow your own guidance now that Jupiter has moved into water sign Pisces. This will help you find confidence and faith in your own ideas and your perception of the world — and give you something rare these days, which is the occasion to consider your long-term desires, plans and goals. You may discover over the next few months that your perceptions were correct, relating to important matters far greater than yourself or your personal life. Make sure you don’t come off as being right all the time; rather, stand firm on your privilege of choosing what is right for you. While it’s likely that others will still try to impose their opinions or their will on you, it will not be as easy as it’s been at various times over the past year. That’s because you won’t be so susceptible to the propaganda of people who want to dominate your affairs. The fact that anyone may try does not indicate that they are entitled to do so, or even entitled to an opinion. You are skilled at taking into account the views of others, and that is quite enough. You will be doing plenty of that this month as the activity heats up (even more) in your relationship angle, Capricorn. You must hold people to a measure of decorum and respect, and you may find yourself reminding partners to speak in inside voices. No matter how confident others may seem, they are not as sure of themselves as they claim. Therefore, when you must, patiently extract the salient facts from them, and (once again) make up your own mind about what is true and what is not.
Therefore, use time to your advantage, and schedule yourself carefully, where any involvement with another person is concerned. Others are paying attention to whether you take yourself seriously.
Leo (July 22-Aug. 23) — You may feel like you’re facing stiff resistance from the world around you. You may have the sense that you don’t fit in, or that you cannot get it right. Yet the same astrology that presents these seeming obstacles is also presenting you with opportunities to focus your power, to mature, and to cultivate boundaries in your relationships. The most significant of these boundaries is your ability to keep your commitments, to maintain your focus, and to conduct yourself in a professional and timely manner. Timely means on time, and on time means early. Therefore, use time to your advantage, and schedule yourself carefully, where any involvement with another person is concerned. Others are paying attention to whether you take yourself seriously. They are looking to see whether you think anyone else is noticing you, and whether you feel it’s your duty to set a good example for others. More significantly, how you work as part of a team is one of the core lessons of your life at this time. You cannot use your usual techniques of take charge, take it all on, or delegate to someone else. Consider everything you do to be a cooperative venture, where everyone must play the correct role in the correct way. Whether you are a leader, a follower or an equal does not matter; the same principles apply, and it is your role to offer yourself first as an equal collaborator, ready to assist. It is the nature of having a prominent Saturn transit (which you are having, through your opposite sign, Aquarius) that you must internalize authority rather than project it outward. If you find that others are finding fault with your work, bossing you around or seeming to be overly demanding, figure out your role in that. Take charge of your business, your skills, your responsibilities and your affairs, then nobody else will have to.
Slow Motion Flash Sale! Planets in Motion 2022
What’s happening in your astrology right now? What year were you born? That says as much about you as your Sun, Moon and rising sign. Your year of birth is the true focus of your growth process and the opportunities that you have. Dear Friend and Reader: My approach to astrology is based on what is happening right now. I have just completed Planets in Motion, an e-Book that covers about 20 transits happening to people ages 1-84. This is an easy introduction to using astrology in practical ways. I write in clear language and bring your astrology to life. It comes with an audio introduction to the topic to help you get oriented and learn the value of transits. Thank you for your business and your trust.
You may see apparent faults in yourself and in others that you may not have noticed before. You may be gazing into a kind of crystal ball that amplifies your sense of consequence in your dealings with others. There may be some question of who is supposed to have ownership of what matters.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sep. 22) — With Jupiter now transiting your opposite sign Pisces, you may find that others have more to offer you than they have any time recently. You may also discover that for some reason, you feel less isolated than you have in the past couple of years. It’s like an empty space you didn’t understand and possibly did not even notice suddenly has some presence and some substance for you, or a clearer reflection than the ones you’ve been seeing. However, be aware that you may be looking into a magnifying mirror. You may see apparent faults in yourself and in others that you may not have noticed before. You may be gazing into a kind of crystal ball that amplifies your sense of consequence in your dealings with others. There may be some question of who is supposed to have ownership of what matters. I suggest you not take this too seriously, but rather be patient and give yourself time to observe and consider before you judge or make any irreversible decisions. A diversity of factors warn that you may not be correct in your assessments, or that your analysis needs to be refined and considered more thoughtfully. Your primary spiritual mission at this time in your life is to know where other people end and where you begin; where you end and where others begin. This goes for both individuals and groups, across a wide diversity of situations in your life. Your tendency is to get lost in people, which includes forming dependencies that you ultimately decide you must get out of. Your goal is not so much radical independence but rather healthy interdependence. We are all in this together, though we are all distinct beings. It is essential that you recognize your own existence as a thing apart in all the world, before you decide you are “one with everything.”
We have all been living under siege, and I don’t hear enough people questioning the nature of the threat, or the damage that can be done to people — especially children — living in a state of cortisol-infused fear for years on end.
Libra (Sep. 22-Oct. 23) — It looks like the family came to stay for the holidays and nobody ever left. That, or they scattered your home with all their vibes, and depending on who is involved, you may need to smudge the place with frankincense and sage. This same angle of your chart relates to your emotional state, particularly the question of whether you feel safe on the planet, and within your four walls. This is a complicated issue for you right now, and for many people. We have all been living under siege, and I don’t hear enough people questioning the nature of the threat, or the damage that can be done to people — especially children — living in a state of cortisol-infused fear for years on end. If you are ever making an assessment of whether your insecurity or fear are justified, ask yourself whether there is an actual immediate threat in your presence. This requires using, rather than bypassing, rational, logical thought. In all matters of health and wellbeing, this is essential for you. Libra Sun and rising is the sign orientation that is the most susceptible to mental and environmental influences affecting your actual state of physical health. That is to say, fear, anxiety and stress are harmful to you, no matter who is feeling them; and environmental influences (bad air, poor light, dirty or even meekly toxic space) impact you more than most other people. Your state of mind and of your surroundings are very closely related to your state of wellbeing. This 24/7 fear drill is not helping you in any way, nor is trying to make sense of the specifics you’re being told to worry about. Yet it is easy for you to get drawn in, and you must use the power of your mind to extract yourself. This calls for actual objectivity and the use of some mental discipline, such as logic.
Sometimes you encounter things designed to confuse you. And no story you tell yourself can solve that problem. One’s mental state puts up a nearly impenetrable filter between themselves and reality. That’s because the mental state synthesizes what seems like reality. At the moment, your mind is very nearly a jumble.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 22) — You seem to be at the point where you don’t know what to believe. Yet that does not mean there is no such a thing as the truth, or a true fact, or a falsehood. Get clear about that: sometimes people and institutions lie to you. Sometimes you encounter things designed to confuse you. And no story you tell yourself can solve that problem. One’s mental state puts up a nearly impenetrable filter between themselves and reality. That’s because the mental state synthesizes what seems like reality. At the moment, your mind is very nearly a jumble. The past and the present are swirling along on the same amusement park ride. Your prior moorings for establishing what was true are all but gone. It seems like no two people you know agree on anything, so you cannot exactly support your viewpoint by calling witnesses, though it would not be strictly accurate to say you have a perspective or angle of sight. Further, it’s not easy for you to tell what you’re looking at right now versus what you believed or perceived previously. This is likely to be taking a toll on you, and what is happening today is an extension of what has been going on over past five years. However, the pressure has been increasing lately. What I can propose is that you get out of the mental realm and into the creative realm. Being a consumer of the music or art of others will help a little, though what I suggest is that you give yourself some kind of creative art therapy: work in color, form, sound and texture. You need a way out of the maze of “right” and “wrong.” There is such a thing, and you can apply a rigorous mental approach — that may help. If you’re going to take that approach, I suggest making a list of what you do not know. Yet playing with pastels or drawing pencils on quality paper will help you feel better sooner rather than later.
These and other developments through the spring can help you call attention to something crucial, which is how you tend to survive by denying what you feel, particularly when it is in some way disturbing to your peace of mind.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 22) — You may go through a phase of recognizing all the irritating, irresponsible or horrid stuff you’ve inherited from your family. Whether it is one or the other will depend on your situation, though be aware that there is going to be a magnifying effect that will largely serve to make you aware of the bad and the ugly rather than the good. This may involve a diversity of issues, including childhood environmental conditions, whether psychic or physical. And this would include matters that you are aware of today, and ones that you are not. These and other developments through the spring can help you call attention to something crucial, which is how you tend to survive by denying what you feel, particularly when it is in some way disturbing to your peace of mind. It will help to have a different approach, particularly if you get the sense that there’s something deep inside you that is a persistent source of emotional chaos. The spiritual exercise of the moment is recognizing that there are consequences of events that come back to you, yet you may have no direct association with where they originate. That point of origin is not necessarily about you — that is the good news. However, to resolve this, you will need to be scrupulously honest with yourself, and this is not easy for most humans. You can make a little map of your reality by noticing every time someone brings up something specific and you change the topic. That is a conscious act, and deserves to be recorded in your mental log. Being willing to have the discussion is another matter, though that is more likely to happen when you reach a point where you cannot go any further without it. Most people choose to learn through pain rather than willingly. This is not necessary; but, whatever works for you.
You don’t need to go further back than 2008 for most purposes. Think of that time as “before” and today as “after.” What territory have you covered? How does your life differ when you contrast those two timeframes — now, and 14 years ago? If I had to guess, I would say there is no comparison.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 20) — I’m not sure how you’re responding to the abundance of astrology in your sign, though here’s what I can tell you about it. The words “everything all at once” come to mind. Venus is retrograde in Capricorn, and Mercury is soon to be. Then Mars arrives. Vesta and Juno, two of the most influential asteroids, are with you. And Pluto is in the last stages of its visit to your sign, with 2022 being the last full year of its presence. If I had to parse all of this out into one message, it would be: review. You don’t need to go further back than 2008 for most purposes. Think of that time as “before” and today as “after.” What territory have you covered? How does your life differ when you contrast those two timeframes — now, and 14 years ago? If I had to guess, I would say there is no comparison. You have gone through some fundamental deconstruction and reconstruction of who you are. It is fair to say, you have experienced a total transformation. Now is the time to conduct a thorough review, of a kind for which few people have time or inclination. We tend to stuff the past into the memory hole, and not look back on whatever happened. Yet I would call this essential to your future growth, progress and happiness. I know it’s inconvenient, and there are some things you would rather not think about. Yet you need context; and context means having some sense of history. Your role is not to judge or to express your emotions but rather to work with the most rudimentary facts: people, places, things and geographic movements. That, in turn, will provide you with an outline to reconcile with your feelings. The idea of this exercise is to bring yourself fully up to date with your own progress.
You may also be noticing that some unusual desires are rising to the top of your awareness, things you would never say and might want to quickly push back under the surface. I suggest you allow it all to bubble up into the world of waking consciousness.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Now is a good time to reveal your secrets to yourself. You have plenty; they are percolating around your subconscious like coffee pots working overtime at the international Mahjong championship. This may have you feeling new, unusual or resurrected forms of anxiety, or even a touch of panic. You may also be noticing that some unusual desires are rising to the top of your awareness, things you would never say and might want to quickly push back under the surface. I suggest you allow it all to bubble up into the world of waking consciousness. Further, I suggest you treat your thoughts and feelings — no matter how seemingly strange, challenging or inappropriate — as if they are a kind of personal sacred text. Pay particular attention to all that is not ‘nice’ but is rather strange, transgressive, seedy or disturbing. You won’t have many opportunities like this to get a look at what is going on deep inside you. Unusual astrology now unfolding through early March is making your deepest thoughts accessible. Each contains a message for you, or raises a question. Each idea is a kind of nutrient that you need to bring up and integrate into your whole being, rather than leaving it locked down in the dungeon. If something you think, feel or say to yourself is embarrassing, pay special attention to it, and follow the feeling back toward its source. There is normally a slippery veil thrown over this whole dimension of your being, and it’s easy to glide past it and not recognize what your own deepest inner being is saying to you. Your dreams take on particular relevance now, and you might want to frame your inquiry as a dream journal or personal pillow book (I suggest you keep these records offline and in physical written form, to give yourself some sense of privacy). This discovery process is going to help you change your priorities, come out of denial, and help you focus on what is genuinely important to you.
Focus on filling up your own pitcher, keeping warm rice on the stove, and getting your home in order. Recent years (dating back to late 2017) have come with some overexposure to the views of others, and to their seeming judgments. You need time to reflect, and be a Pisces: that means making the space for your introspective and pleasure-seeking self rather than any other.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Jupiter is now in your sign, where it will be for much of 2022. This is your invitation to take care of yourself. That will mean pulling back a bit from your social agenda or public persona, and remembering that nobody else gets a vote about who you are. Focus on filling up your own pitcher, keeping warm rice on the stove, and getting your home in order. Recent years (dating back to late 2017) have come with some overexposure to the views of others, and to their seeming judgments. You need time to reflect, and be a Pisces: that means making the space for your introspective and pleasure-seeking self rather than any other. This will do more for your professional aspirations and your relationships than any form of outer effort. You might think of this as the “they come to you” time of your life, though you also want to be careful who you allow or invite into your home for the next 12 months. The official Pisces approach to life is gradual, persistent, and artful. In good times in your life, there is no rush, and this would be a fine time to slow down. Remove commitments from your schedule, and choose only new ones that fit your agenda and support your goals. Consider the fun factor in everything: there must be some element of pleasure in what you do. This will provide an important criterion for what you really want. I’m not proposing that you duck actual responsibility, but rather that you find a way to make it work for you, and serve who you are — particularly new assignments, gigs or commitments. There are many indicators that you will maintain some sort of public profile over the next 12 months, which may in fact increase substantially. Yet you are inherently a private person, and need a large space within your own life reserved just for you and your most valued intimate associates.
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