Card 1 - How I am today: 10 The WheelWhat strikes me today about these comments are the "inexorable" aspect, the "planned as part of my life" note, and the complete physical transformation aspect. This definitely seems to be a major life change that I'm experiencing, and it's completely up to me whether I act on it and make the changes or not. In fact, that may be the biggest part of the challenge--will I act on it? Will I make it happen as I had planned pre-lifetime? I feel certain that I will. My progress to date has felt slow, but I keep returning to the task no matter what happens. It clearly motivates me.
Things are changing. "One season transforms into the next." I don't always understand why at the beginning, but I know I will later. There's a cosmic aspect to the changes, represented by the astrological signs. This is something I've planned as part of my life. It is also in synch with Nature, and there's an inexorable aspect, too. Things will change simply because it's time for them to do so. Finally, there's the transformational aspect--the butterflies. Just yesterday I commented that I'd like to make a cocoon around myself, liquify, and come out a few weeks later completely transformed. How do I "liquify"? Meditation, perhaps? Hmm.
As I think about it now, "liquifying" has a two-fold implication (closely related, of course). Both muscle tension and mental tension come into play.
I'm learning a great deal about stress and the negative effects of too much of it. For a long time, I took pride in dealing with a lot of stress, and in retrospect I see that I created a lot of stress for myself using that approach. The result is a body that has areas of extreme tightness in the muscles, which is my first connection with "liquifying." I am starting to work to release that muscle tension and regain more liquidity in my movements and joints. I think that tension is part of why my blood pressure occasionally rises above healthy levels. The blood literally can't get through those areas of tension without my heart pushing really hard.
I have also observed that the more stressed I feel, the more rigid my thinking becomes and the more my creativity and willingness to experiment with different approaches drops. This is the second aspect of "liquifying" that I have begun to focus on changing. I recently came across a martial arts term: "Mind Like Water". That's what I want to develop.
In the book, it's noted that the Winter Solstice is aligned with Capricorn. I think today's eclipse is in Capricorn as well. The book also suggests using repetitive prayers and a mala to make anything possible (liquifying?) and break free of the Wheel. CENTERING. TREE (Abraham?). Zodiac signs lie on the ecliptic (Sun's path)--another emphasis on today's eclipse. METAMORPHOSIS. FIRE AT EARTH'S CORE (stillpoint of the wheel).I had purchased some beads with which to make an Abraham mala. It would have enough beads to focus my attention for the amount of time Abraham says it takes to set physical manifestation into motion. I have that bag of beads handy. PROJECT: Make the Abraham mala. The Abraham tree symbol was also an initial connection, further suggesting this would be a useful way of working.
It also occurs to me that the tapping technique I've learned is another form of "repetitive prayer." Thoughts are repeated while tapping at each tapping location. That certainly has worked well for me in dealing with emotional issues.
The 7/1/11 eclipse was actually in Cancer, not Capricorn. Cancer is opposite Capricorn. Barbara Hand Clow interprets this eclipse: "This is the moment when we are ready to perfect ourselves by polishing the final facets of our souls to attain the cosmic meaning of life...we must cut away judgment and criticism on the facets of our diamond soul." Pluto was in Capricorn and Jupiter (good fortune and expansion) was in Taurus (my Sun sign). There was a Grand Square going on at the time as well--the eclipse itself (sun and moon--energy and emotions) in Cancer, Uranus (surprises and unexpected upheavals) in Aries, Pluto (global trends) in Capricorn, and Saturn (taskmaster, life lessons) in Libra (my rising sign). All of this suggests a considerable impetus to change, both personally and globally.
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