by Peter Tongue

I sincerely hope that you had a wonderful holiday season with friends and family. And now its back to reality.

There are some intense energies present in the first half of January with three planets in retrograde motion; Mercury, Mars and Saturn. This is NOT a time to be beginning new projects or putting plans into action.

Typically barriers will be put up, sparks will fly and things will have to be RE-done. This is a time for INTROSPECTION. Take the time to go within, truly and deeply explore your heart, and spend a little longer over those New Year Resolutions.

Wait until after the 15th of the month before putting them into action. This is a good time to reflect on and release all issues from the past, retaining the lessons learned and the wisdom gained, while releasing the pain and suffering in full forgiveness of yourself and all others.

Release any remaining negativity with ease and grace. Once this has been completed, in profound contemplation and surrender, discover your crystal clear intentions for the year to come. Resolve what it is you want to create in your life and manifest it. As our World speeds up and changes rapidly, it might be wise to include those unchanging PRINCIPLES rather than

specific goals. For example you might focus on bringing more love and compassion into your life, follow the signs and signals of nature, or meditate and pray peace every day. On that note, outstanding scientific data has been collected by the HeartMath Institute and Global Coherence Project to clearly demonstrate

how practicing Heart-Centered Coherence impacts us

individually, humanity as a whole and the planet itself. I firmly believe that engaging in this project will impact our future peace, abundance and happiness. You can listen to interviews on my radio show www.petertongue.com with Rollin McCraty (Dec.30th) and Howard Martin (Jan.6th), or to learn more visit www.heartmath.org or www.glcoherence.org

 

As night falls in the south-east portion of the sky, just above the horizon, look for Sirius, the brightest star in the sky which is in the eye of the constellation Canis Major.

Follow Orion's belt to the south west to view it. It is actually a binary star system containing two stars, Sirius A and Sirius B, appearing as one to the naked eye. The heliacal rise of Sirius marked the flooding of the Nile, close to the summer solstice, and was identified with  the Egyptian Goddess, Isis.

Note that the only heavenly body brighter than Sirius in the sky this month is JUPITER seen emerging at dusk in the south-west. The fiery orange MARS can also be viewed in the eastern sky.

 

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