Hi All,

     Searching for "different ways" (Gemini) or "truer answers" (Sagittarius) ... May I remind you that as a "human" you are dual by nature (Gemini) ... and so much MORE! (Sagittarius) Add "human" to "being" and now you are multi-dimensional. I find it far more useful these days to look at the energies AND their polar opposites to get a more balanced understanding of what I am experiencing. And beyond that, I notice, I've been reminding people almost constantly that "life has become an 'AND' ... not an either/or". You have to multi-task to get ANYTHING accomplished and/or completed these days. Why is that? Because, you are SIMULTANEOUSLY:  dying and being born anew; leaving the past behind and moving toward an unknown future; releasing and acquiring on a multitude of levels. You, my multi-dimensional friend, have many layers to your being which are being activated and/or shifted in dramatic and permanent ways.

     Gemini time is the 'approach' of the 6-month mark of the year, just as its polar opposite, Sag, is the 'approach' of the culmination of the year. At this stage, we are still gathering information that will (hopefully) translate into Sag's wisdom come the completion of this annual cycle. Every year around Gemini time, several planets retrograde (appear to pull back, slow down or reverse altogether) indicating it is time to 'gather information' to make better decisions upon forward movement in a month or two. At this time, multiple aspects of our individual and collective lives require that we 'check-in' and 'assess' where we are, how far we've come and just how much further we have to go. Review the last 6 months so you can make any necessary adjustments for the upcoming 6 months, in the hopes of getting something worthwhile accomplished by year's end. At the half-way mark of any cycle you are given a choice ~ an opportunity to choose differently based on the experiences and information you've gathered thus far. So, how is 2008 shaping up for you? (Can you believe it is half over already?) Are you moving in the direction you want to be moving in? I have repeatedly referred to this year as a "transitional year" because we are definitely out of the 'old' but not quite fully in to the 'new' yet.

     Gemini energy brings to mind:  change, duality, choice(s) to make, fork in the road or crossroads, and of course, transition. Gemini is ruled by Mercury, which moves along side the Sun in its travels through the sky so it is easiest to catch a glimpse of Mercury during dusk and dawn, when the Sun's light is coming or going. These are the two times a day also often recommended for meditation as the veils are thinner and COMMUNICATION is easier between the visible and invisible realms. Additionally, dusk and dawn also represent that potent in-between stage that transition represents. We stand at this zero-point of possibilities. This is indicative of the entire year of 2008!   
     Transition originally meant "going across or over" ... as in changing from one state of form/being to another.  What is powerful about this is not in the 'being here or there', but in being PRESENT wherever you are. If you are consciously participating in life, then this is a potent time for you. However, if you are overwhelmed and your systems are on overload, you are going to short-circuit and have to go down before you can go back up and function properly.

  

The main dangers in this life
are the people who want to change
everything ... or nothing.
 

     There are two distinct types of people emerging at this time. Everyone is "transitioning" ~ leaving the darkness and coming in to the light ... or leaving the light and moving in to the darkness. It appears that for those who have been diligent in owning their choices and dedicated to choosing with more consciousness; for those who have been committed to changing their lives for the better; for those who have been consistently cleaning their karmic debris and clearing their emotional debris are the ones leaving the darkness and coming in to the light.
     For those who have been avoiding, postponing, suppressing, repressing and blaming seem to be the ones who have 'coasted' or escaped accountability thus far and are upset that they are being poked and pushed out of their comfort zones and some are reacting angrily, some are mourning, but either way, this group is moving in to a dark period when everything they have avoided owning and being responsible for creating or attracting ~ comes to the surface ALL AT ONCE. It is overwhelming either way.

     Here's the thing though, BOTH are valid, both are natural, both are in Divine Order with the evolution taking place at this time. "Nothing is good, nor bad, but THINKING makes it so." So however things are unfolding for you in your life, KNOW that it is temporary and act accordingly. If you have come in to some blessings and abundance, how can you parlay that in to something sustainable for the near and long-term future? And if you have experienced severe loss lately, how can you cooperate with what is leaving your life and create a welcome, inviting space for new energy to come in?

     Gemini energy is all about gathering & disseminating data. And when you are in "transition", yes, some decisions need to be made but not before gathering sufficient information and reviewing your options to some extent. So while retrogrades do cause irritating delays, rather than allow rage and frustration to block your ability to SEE, HEAR & FEEL the subtle communications from Great Spirit and the Universe, BREATHE and use the energy that IS available to you. 

     Retrogrades are periods of time that remind us of the natural cycles of ebb and flow, of expansion and consolidation etc. Barbara Hand Clow writes, "direct planets are electrical, and they cause energy to charge and move; retrograde planets are magnetic and draw energy in." This is an opportunity offered to you on a regular basis which teaches you when you are fully supported for