Gemini is versatility therefore it lends itself to the resilience we need to reconstruct ourselves in a new image. The consequences of the world debt explosion have created this climatic period. But there is real hope for a brighter future. The challenge will be to transform hope into realistic solution and positive outcome. We are in a Twilight Zone; a rarefied dimension of limitless possibilities. We are getting adjusted to this new world, even though we still have not got a clue as to exactly when, where, and how it will proceed. We need to start thinking about abundance and learn how to create the feeling of abundance in our life. We are on a curve of resurgence.

Redundancy is a by-product of evolution. As society changes so does its needs. We need to consider alternatives and innovations as we reinvent ourselves. Jolts of inspiration illumine new pathways for the future. If a change of career is on our mind we will explore, experiment and discover what new social function we can normalise. Life is shifting, a new era is beginning, be prepared to make change, to step up and claim what is right.

Time management is important, each thought, every word or simple act will become the stepping stones to our future. Turn the tide of poverty consciousness toward prosperity consciousness. Living in the now we can discover a new profession, service or gainful source of employment. We create new priorities. This summer is one of those times that we need to experience rather than be told.

Four planets change sign or frequencies and three planets reverse direction this month. While we will feel these changes in the atmospheric tides as the planets change gears and venues; with numerous planets in Gemini things tend to be lively and changeable anyway. So the syncopation just becomes part of the orchestrated stimulus that keeps us in the now and leads us to reinvention. The Lunar Eclipse is helpful in getting to the source and removing obstacles. New Solutions can be found and good things can grow out of hard times.

As this month comes to a close, the Sun enters Cancer. Happy Summer Solstice! Have a Safe, Happy and Healthy Summer. It is time to recreate and refresh! I am available for personal in-office sessions, telephone sessions, mail order or email sessions this summer. Please email or phone and leave a voice mail. If you need me I will be in my office ready to answer your questions or book a session. I will be creating mail order sessions or handling telephone and email sessions too. Many blessings for a safe and happy summer time. May you have happy travels!

Have a happy Father's Day!

Namaste

I honour the place in you

That is the same in me

I honour in you where

The whole universe resides

I honour the place in you

Of love, of light, of peace and of truth

I honour the place in you

That is the same in me

There is but one

Namaste

20^TH The Sun moves into Gemini, a sign of versatility that lends itself to the resilience we need to reconstruct ourselves in a new image or to reinvent our career. So stay positive! First of all we need to gather information and collect our thoughts about what works in our life in the now-of-existence. It is a fickle process if initial avenues of investigation prove unrewarding. Gemini is a multifaceted sign so we can expect to have a plethora of ideas to pursue. We can take a look at what works for us from many different angles. It is helpful to have the ability to superficially skim through vast considerations to get to the core. It is also easy to adopt a twin-like similarity to other people; to emulate them. But when looking for a new image we can lose sight of our own talents and ideas by being too willing and able to adopt other's traits. We lose ourselves when we immerse ourselves in the personification of others.

The gentle simplicity of Taurus is disrupted as we enter this bundle of restless energy. It is a good month to lose weight by keeping very busy and active. We become motivated by an urgency to know, to do, to say or to be. This stirs up a lot of communication, busyness, visitation and social interaction. Our minds are very much engaged. The contrariness of the Gemini energy is part of its curiosity, scepticism and humour. We entertain a playful attitude with reality. This sign's inclination is to be secretive about the personal but it loves to learn about everyone else's mysteries and intrigue. We might find ourselves involved in behind the scenes antics of one sort or another because of a desire to want to know everything. New friendships are formed and new love interests are based on an intellectual connection, ingenuity and wit.

The two planets representing the forces of transformation and metamorphosis are squaring off against each other. It is a crisis of integration. We have already been shocked and rattled by these two so we can move into the stage where we discover what works and what does not. It is time to find our way. But do not be in too much of a hurry, we are getting unstuck, liberated so we can pursue our destiny. We have four more occasions to create new paradigms; November 1, 2013, April 21, 2014, December 15, 2014 and March 16 of 2015. We experience liberative urges to free us. Jolts of inspiration illumine new pathways for the future. We need to seek out people who are on this new path. It is a time of revolution and revelation.

We are conflicted about delving into vulnerable areas of the psyche. This can play havoc in our personal lives until we validate both the intellect and emotion and include both. Sure there has been groundbreaking loss, surprise and other epic experiences which may have entailed losing everything but in the end we find ourselves. The consequences of the world debt explosion have created this climatic period. But there is real hope for a brighter future. The real challenge will be to transform hope into realistic solutions and positive outcomes. We are in the Twilight Zone; a rarefied dimension of limitless possibilities. We are getting adjusted to this new world, even though we still have not got a clue as to when, where, and how it will end.

21^ST The Sun and Moon are in the Gibbous Phase at the beginning of the month. It is staging time when we are gathering, pulling together, getting the information, constructing a plan, finding out the facts. It reflects a wheeling and dealing type of atmosphere where everyone has an eye on their pocketbook. Expect the unexpected; be prepared for some free-wheeling shenanigans. We need to protect our vulnerabilities. Emotions are full on too so people can be reactive. There are likely to be some misunderstandings. Take everything in stride and be open to what the universe presents for in some fashion it serves our destiny.

We become very resourceful. Superficialities are not satisfying. It is possible to get to what is hidden and uncover the unforeseen and unpleasant. Concentration is so intensified we flush out the truth no matter how much it hurts. Like a detective, spy, doctor or therapist we delve deeply into resolution and solution strategies. With an innate understanding of the psychology of strategy accompanying intensified concentration we have the power to transform reality. What can stop us; other people's psychology, motivation, behaviour pattern, disapproval, obsession, fixation, domination, interference and other forms of negativity. These blockages can be released, favours repaid and obligations fulfilled so we can move on. Work with the mind, release negativity, rephrase, replace and renew the mind to transform life. Mass movements and criminality can occur within the dissatisfied, avoid such conditions or susceptible regions and neighbourhoods.

These are highly strung conditions that can overload the nervous system. But on the other hand they can produce visionary and humanitarian perception. Our thinking can be erratic at times and we experience more rebelliousness within ourselves. Individuality, intuition and innovation combine to produce unconventional thought and behaviour. The patterns we see will be unusual and highly original. The ideas we entertain may be shocking and the solutions we choose will be very different. We have enhanced ability with calculations, computer programming, manipulating new technology and using new ideas to advantage. We want to carve our own pathway rather than follow the leader.

23^RD Remember 2009? Another wave of transformation descends upon and around us. Very strong emotions can surface, strong pathological compulsions but we are not a puppet to our instinctual responses we do have a choice. The need for power accompanies the need for transformation wherever we focus our energies so allow room for both expressions. At this point in time choose the positive rather than the negative. Focus on regeneration rather than destruction. For some this can be an obsessive-compulsive state of self-absorption and for others there can be exaggerated fear and paranoia. The secret to managing these times is acceptance and self-determination. If we feel blocked and need to release ourselves the urge to exercise power can reach destructive levels on a mass scale where there is less civil obedience. Power struggles in close relationship will discloses a dichotomy that may be difficult to resolve. We have to delve deeply into our own psyche to sort it out and determine what is right for each of us. Personal sacrifice may occur.

Children or spouses can push their trip too far. Conflicts within the parental relationship involve dissatisfaction with their role. Differing beliefs, attitudes or background will cause trouble. Conflicting pulls of loyalty will be intensified. Guilt, expectation, duty, responsibility, coercion and other forms of obligation can be used to control. Childhood issues come out of nowhere. We need to decondition the subconscious images and social imprinting that keep us locked in old roles and response patterns. We need to formulate new role models.

We are living in a state of flux where intellectual and devotional beliefs conflict. The over-zealous obsessive-compulsive will try to convince to convert the cold, distant, detached, cool, impersonal and indifferent. It will be like talking to a wall. We are forced by circumstances of stress and tension to develop x-ray vision and other supernatural powers. We are hyperaware of contradiction, dichotomy, hypocrisy, incongruity, duplicity, double standards, insincerity and two-facedness. But we must process these things in a universally correct way to depersonalise the situation called humanity. If a change of career is on our mind we will explore, experiment and discover what new social function we can normalise. Redundancy is a by-product of evolution. As society changes so does its needs. We need to consider alternatives and innovations as we reinvent ourselves.

24^TH Great things can grow out of hard times. When we put our mind to it possibilities are born. Negotiations or contracts are favourably concluded. Social developments will be important factors for the future. This is a good time to cultivate relationships. We want some fun, a little pleasure, perhaps entertainment or artistic upliftment and we will appreciate nature, colour, beauty and sound. Intuition helps us to sort out differences.

Saturn is caught up in the Lunar Eclipse which is fortuitous as we need to get any resistance or limitation out of the way in order to achieve the most out of this eclipse. We are in direct contact with our subconscious, our past lives, ancestry et al. To be unrestricted in how we do our self-development under the full bloom of the eclipse makes it possible for us to be able to identify and follow our true calling. Some will change their minds, others will trepidate with quaking fear and a few will refuse to believe. We are shaken out of our reverie so we can get out of our rut.

25^TH We are building courage and feel profoundly stirred into action. Our survival instincts instigate and compel. We find ways to carve out a more securely empowered position. Ancestral patterns and biological memory traces are plucked from our attitude if they interfere with our strength of purpose. Due to the recent eclipse and Pluto's retrograde we cannot hang onto the inappropriate. So we need to be mindfully flexible and ultra aware of that which is beyond our control. Magnetism links us to what we need to improve our resonance. Once we have established security within our mind we can expound upon it in the world. 

26^TH  We are either disrupted or impulsive but whatever the stress or upset its purpose is to bring realisation and insight. Restlessness makes us unpredictable anyway. The unforeseen, sudden, surprising or unexpected can occur so we can break away or breakthrough. Be free, allow new opportunities, be tolerant and listen psychically. We can grasp greater dimensions, work with the evolved mind and do our higher octaves work. To harness the power of being in the now of existence is to become more future-oriented. We have a sense of where the future can support opportunity because of the actions we take now.

28^TH The Disseminating Moon disburses by its nature and this month the payout is fluid. Information is widespread, easily obtainable and profoundly motivating. Resilience abounds. We can shed the superfluous and get a positive hit of our core essence. Knowing ourselves is a strong step forward. There will be many moves, communications, visitations, errands or journeys. We are cutting the cords that bind us to past lifetimes, convictions, habits, people, vindication and old score cards; letting them go. We move on letting the gap heal behind us. Combined effort or synergy brings us into contact with those that are meant to be in our lives. But do not be coerced by a shape shifter hitchhiking on this curve.

Pallas Athena joins the planetary party in Gemini. It has been kicking up a ruckus of considerations. There are just too many things to think about so Pallas had to join the throng to make sense of all that we think, hear, read, or speak. Bringing perception, insight and intuitive skill to the table we can use these energies with the wisdom that comes from our inner and very personal mind. The power of words can be used in teaching, writing, healing, conflict resolution, affirmation and therapy. Our inner truth is more easily translated into language we can share. We can defend, fight for our cause or inspire others. To honour Pallas Athena we could chant a mantra, post affirmations for daily viewing, trust the intuition and develop positive thinking. Paradox will play a role in coming to understand. Communications and short journeys are likely to increase. We deal with problems that concern the immediate day-to-day matters.

29^TH We are winding down or have reached a critical point in circumstances relative to 2011 and must be prepared to focus on what is about to change and what is best done next. Some choices may be difficult, others are obvious. We are redefining our situational terms to reach a balanced state and source of strength and stability. Little issues or events and perhaps certain resistances agitate this change of focal point. Wherever anger, stress, repression, aggression or frustration crops up take it as a signal that alterations that are needed. Arbitrarily pouring ourselves into our work or some other focus is poor compensation for facing this crossroads.

Here is an opportune moment to put our higher vision into practical use in the real world. Due to a recent change our commitment and dedication will be renewed. Clear vision knows what to do and that it is time to do it. We do original or ground-breaking work. Self-healing, exploring new levels of awareness and revising beliefs also unfold on our pathway of purpose. Through personal growth we find keys that unlock information which can be shared with others. Sexual healing is assisted by these energies. The temperamental artist or other "I am special" profile emerges in those who do not follow the rules. Deal cautiously with these types.

30^TH Subconscious psychological stressors interfere with an aspired performance. These phantoms are the weaknesses in our origins compounded with the conglomerate of acquired experience that has built up like plaque on a misappropriated theme. These are just ideas about ourselves or possibilities in life that will not let us get everything out of life that is available to us. What we think about ourselves or have been made to feel about ourselves are our limitations. The flow is interrupted by too much questioning, hesitancy and thinking. We get caught up on the barbs of self-expression. They interfere with our best interests. Intermittent static impedes our perception and needs to be filtered out. Move passed the mirage, illusion or delusion that clouds intuition with rational incongruity.

31^ST Just as Mercury hops into Cancer, Mars strides into Gemini. So our thinking gets all sentimental as our actions become more versatile. Emotions have more of an effect on the mind. This can mean we have increased intuition, psychic receptivity or imagination. Being around or near water will help to assist such conveyances. We can speak more honestly about how we feel and use discrimination to clarify ourselves over and above the criticisms and objections of others. Fearfulness, storminess, petulance, withdrawal and brooding is provoked too if we feel unappreciated. If so we need to seek calm and let things pass. Land dealings, involvements with siblings, or house hunting are generated by Mercury in Cancer. Habitual thought processes, our own or those absorbed by osmosis from others, become more prominent and therefore evident. That means we can modify them. Try not to take yourself too seriously in this regard; it is just the mind's retentitiveness that is repetitive.

It is a challenge to stay focused in the present moment. With Mars in Gemini personal will and steadiness of action is intermittent. Our energy gets turned on rapidly but we are easily distracted. Excitement will lure us away. We lose interest quickly. Impulse and impatience can lead us to wrong action. Our passions are scattered which makes us feel tired. Nervous energy can make us fidgety. This very changeable influence is good for travel, joy riding and sightseeing or hiking. This is a great period for networking with others, cleaning up miscommunications or getting caught up with correspondence or writing. There will be plenty of physical ups and downs. However increased versatility and disdain for routine can be put to good use. Make lists to handle the immediate priorities.

We are caught up in a web of vagueness during the Last Quarter Moon. It makes us feel quite dysfunctional. In a big of a fog we are also inclined to go off in many directions a little foolhardy. But if we have a dream, a vision or a quest then this phase of the Sun and Moon will serve us well. With the intention already in place we have only to act on our faith and trust, take a fool's leap and open ourselves to opportunity. Many will play it safe and stay in their groove with too much trepidation to make their move. Maybe the intention will take shape to be acted upon when more assuredness prevails.

2^ND Venus pops out of Gemini and lands in Cancer, the sign that is about care giving and nurturing. It shares a kinship with Venus over love. This is a very strong emotional tide within which there is depth; support, sympathy, trust, willingness to listen, empathy, sharing and caring. We will be magnetically drawn toward comfort, food and consideration. Note that I said food, we can gain weight. We take commitments much more seriously and seek total communication in relations. Too much loving can be smothering, over-bearing, co-dependent and disempowering.

This sojourn helps us to weather our storms. It is a good time to clear out unnecessary baggage; material possessions, hidden fears, anxieties and resentments to empower ourselves. We may unconsciously be seeking to replace someone who is no longer a part of our life. We will sorely miss those large chunks and missing pieces. Hindsight is ideal, perfect and flawless whereas current reality is not. It is so easy to forget the flawed facets of those no longer with us. This is a turning point in how we compromise ourselves and our future life. The down side is that there will be people looking to take advantage by preying on our vulnerabilities. Life is shifting, a new era is beginning, be prepared to make changes to step up and claim what is right.

4^TH The Balsamic Moon is a time of anticipation. It is a think tank environment during which time we can reinvent ourselves as we are destined to do. As if by magic the right and appropriate acquisition can be made. If we are committed to our evolution and willing to work on our karma we will focus on the essential and be empowered. New projects, jobs, businesses, occupations or objectives are formed. We invent occupations where there is none at present. Willing to let go of the past it makes it easier to grow toward our future.

7^TH As with most planets when they turn to travel backwards or retrograde they are flipping a switch to shake up what they stand for. With Neptune having domain over intuition, spirituality, dreams, faith and fantasy the flip side will be our escapes and delusions. Much will depend upon our predisposition. If we are prone to seeking escape then perhaps we can be intuitively awakened to our faith and spiritual upliftment. If we are immersed in our faith, spirituality and fantasies then perhaps we can discover which of them are illusions or only an escape from reality. We can discover our denials, fears and hang-ups. The wakeup call to our unpleasant truths can be harsh. Be careful with the side effects of medications and alcohol as the need for fantasy and escapes are even greater.

Neptune Retrograde makes the focus internal, forcing us to question any new dreams we have been entertaining so we can separate what is realistic from what is overly romantic. We can commence creating our contingencies and back-up plans. We get the pause we need for thoughtfulness. We can also connect with a transcendent side of ourselves devoid of judgment and criticism, fully accepting every experience, however frustrating and painful, to be unfolding in a way not bound by limited labels of ethics or morality. The artistic expression is heightened so we may tap into our talents or psychic faculties because sensitivity and receptivity is more acute.

Inner vision bestows a different and more insightful perspective. Our feelings are more astute at picking up and perceiving the illusive. However we can also be plagued by feelings of disillusionment and vague dissatisfaction. Listen to the inner voice. Heightened sensitivity can be an asset and a liability if we go into overload. Avoid addictive personalities, psychic vampires and overwhelming people who drain energy because we are picking up too much from our external environment. If experiencing general lethargy, it can be due to how Neptune is aspecting our birth chart. There are many physical causes for depression to consider, low body temperature, the thyroid, a past injury affecting the spine and food allergies.

The masculine female will be instrumental in establishing, promoting and protecting a just and equal foundation. The champion of social cause and the latent activist can emerge in each one of us. Highly creative, dramatic and passionate energies provide increased appreciation of the arts. We can smoothly integrate physical activity with intellectual pursuit. Inclined and therefore willing, we work very well and get closer to our goals. We want to work with others; cooperate or consciously appease a well planned activity and maximum use of energy and time.

Gender issues are inclined to be non-traditional. If our active-energy is blocked by something and we feel unable to assert ourselves our ego can act out. Bravado is a poor expression of courage. Ego wars waste energy. Those who carry a chip on their shoulder delight in being critical of another's wishes or wants and are very cavalier. Due to this attitude fights, argument and quarrels are easily started. Demands bring out aggression in the headstrong or inconsiderate.

With Neptune stalled in the station and not yet moving retrograde we will be in that nether region that is fairly potent. Like a psychic sponge we are picking up too much from our external environment. Heightened sensitivity can be an asset and a liability. We can tap into our talents, psychic faculties and inner vision. This is a transcendent influence, but we experience it as low energy making this a good time to boost the immune system.  It is best not to confront others, or try to deceive, and also avoid caving in or giving up. Try to integrate disillusionment into insightfulness. Discover the internal denials, fears, hang-ups and questions that misdirect our energies. The consequences of past actions will not go away, we cannot escape; we must be intuitively awakened.

We are actually suspended in a pocket of transcendence. What we do with it is up to us. It is a wake-up call that may defy escape. If we stop struggling with denial, illusion, fantasy, evasiveness, pretence and deception then necessity can push the door open allowing us to access perception, awareness and knowledge that is usually not available to us. We cannot remember our script so we have to improvise. Possibly fragmented and torn between the status quo and an unconventional calling it is unlikely we can keep up false appearances. If we give into illusion, fantasy, denial, evasiveness, pretence or deception we will be noticeable. If we work with our inner vision we know how to handle unpleasant truths. These are defining moments.

Our sense of responsibility may let go in order to enable our desire to fulfil our own needs. The internal struggle is about restructuring and redefining the self. Indecisiveness makes us irritable and resentful without reason. We can project our problem onto others. We contort ourselves in some fashion. Feeling discouraged everything seems futile. A negative slipstream needs to be averted. Work hard on self-confidence, personal value and self-importance. Our sense of self-authority needs a boost. Direct energy so it is constructive. Repression can produce illness, accident or sudden bursts.

We are developing better rules, regulations and strategies to deal with the current trends. At this time the collision of responsibility and paradox has no solution. We are moving away from the redundant in this phase of adaptation so it makes sense that there is no mutual reciprocity. Welcome to flux and the questioning of our present day demands for duty, responsibility and practicality that are out of date. We need to review and renegotiate to bridge the gap between us and resolution. This is ultimately creative and growth producing but we cannot see this clearly. It is time to learn from mistakes and experience a little humility.

8^TH The New Moon in Gemini is an up-beat and joyful noise. It is a great time for a blow-out party. Everyone is ready for a big social event of the warmer weather. Being cooped up indoors has taken its toll. Our mission should we decide to accept it is to create some excitement. Even if we are the quiet wallflowers sitting on the edge of what is happening we will enjoy the entertainment. There is a lot of chatter and debate. Egos can be engaged. Differences of opinion are shared. Arguments can break out with the addition of too much stimulant.

10^TH Emotional distance and an absence of intimacy are signs of incompatibility. The paradox or dilemma inherent in the relationship will create a lot of tension. It is not something to take personally because it has to do with core beliefs and conditional expectation. These are very singular perspectives that are wrapped around our personal integrity or ideals. Adjustments are to be made if we do not want to preclude the relationship. Guilt weighs heavy but it is an unfair bargaining chip.

11^TH If we are prone to seeking escape we can be intuitively awakened to our faith and spiritual upliftment. If we are immersed in our faith, spirituality and fantasies we can discover if they are an illusionary escape from reality. Some of us can spin in the circles of our detours, denials and escapes. While others are more psychically inspired and given to retreat and reorientation. We can feel ineffective. We can doubt, experience nebulousness or other strange feelings because sensitivity and receptivity is acute. This influence has a numbing affect too. We cannot be at peace, we jerk ourselves around with thoughts and compulsions to act or are so filled with self-doubt we are paralysed. We need to take time to heal, inspire or share our hearts. We are on emotional overload and easily terrified by our uncertainties. What is certain is we can no longer seek those unrealistic dreams of perpetual acquisition of yesteryear.

12^TH The Crescent Moon is promising to be resilient. We can envision ourselves in a new set of realisable circumstances. It is possible to transform karma and travel down new pathways. We dissolve the old relationship we have with the status quo in favour of a new improved version of practical reality. We feel confident enough in our plans to share them with others. There will always be criticism but for the most part we can expect to be supported. It is beyond the grasp of the elder generations as deviations will appear dangerous to them but for those of us in step with current events these plans are liberating.

14^TH We have an increased ability to focus our highly stimulated imagination. This is very good for artists and scientists or anyone who tries to visualise a final outcome. We create new dreams. There is an ethereal flow that helps us with our work. It will push us forward on our course, stressing we are not to rest on our laurels. We will keep the faith and surrender to the direction the currents are taking us toward. It is important that we remain dedicated to our higher ideals and fair to others.

We connect to the transcendent side of life and detach from disappointments and face limitations unemotionally. Due to absorption in the task at hand we experience unintended ego transcendence. We forget ourselves and enter into a moment because of focus. We can visualise success and use intuitive talents to reach our goals. Those on the down side tend to use sleep to get away from their feelings and may experience lack of clarity, illness, instability, and be passive or indecisive in behaviour. There will be people with split personalities. Part of them is reachable but the other confounds us with their cold total detachment.

Juno retrograde kicks up a fuss if our terms of relationship are untenable. We may project this onto the partner when it is actually unresolved patterns and unintegrated or misaligned aspects of the soul. Angry storminess is a symptom of this internal disturbance. We remember every relationship, good or bad, blissful or painful if we are testing relationship to the core. Cut the chords or threads and remnants of agreement that existed in relationships of the past. Clean the slate and soul rather than try to make your current relationship move through these patterns, memories, fears, anxieties, hopes, expectations and inner resistances. More mundanely, relationships will be tested. Bad relationships can break up if they are unsalvageable. There can be karmic intervention.

15^TH The subconscious will produce some profound and remarkable inspirations, meditations, dreams, visions or waking thoughts and magnetism attracts the next link.  Change is an integral part of growth and right now it seems everything goes wrong. We are experiencing a subliminal tension that is quietly building in the background. Near the end of July it will pull together a spectacular peak of metamorphic proportion. As the saying goes "more power to you". The more we are in touch with our own power the less likely it will be we will experience the downside. We need to be tough, persistent and endure by maintaining healthy energy.

We can see aggression getting stronger in people as this forcefulness grows. The strong willed want to get their way and they feel there is always something trying to prevent this from happening. Brutality is experienced physically and psychologically. The vulnerable are prey for a vulturous human nature. Too much force fuels our desires. Power mongers want to dominate. Stay strong.

16^TH Happy Father's Day Chiron will now turn retrograde. We enter a phase of prophecy and healing. Our spirit can talk to us from within. It is possible to heal the deepest darkest parts of our being and transform them into usable energy. Old wounds are likely to revisit, either subconsciously in memory or through a duplicate event. Release and flow; it is time to move forward with greater wisdom. Turn large matters into small ones. What happens now is leading us to wholeness. We experience a major transformational, mental, emotional and spiritual shift.

The First Quarter Phase of the Sun and Moon angle that normally puts pressure on us to perform may actually compel us to want liberation, freedom and autonomy but we have to consider the costs and consequences. Apparently they are not minor considerations at this time. We cannot see all there is to see because of our own exasperation. The restless desire to not have to pay any mind is a strong competitor for our focus. We will probably not want to do the right thing.

17^TH We are surveying our instinctual patterns; the way we automatically respond. This can be prompted by the experience of consequences of our previous actions. Feeling guilty, obliged or required will pile up on us. How we use our power past, present and future is important. We might have allowed others to play on our weaknesses or corrupted ourselves by contorting our values, beliefs or needs to fulfil the expectations of others. There is a desire to improve integrity so we cross-examine the motivation behind the push pull of being in power, one-upmanship or stubbornness. There are leverage issues. We have till the beginning of August to sort these power issues out before the cosmos takes things into its own hands.

Our strong and sharp reactions to people, events and performance are highly charged. Very high energy is extremely innovative, unconventional, unusual, challenging and even revolutionary in a progressive way. It is time to break the mold. What happens now moves us toward our evolution and new initiatives. We can experience remarkable breakthroughs and insights. Change that wants to manifest will be able to manifest. Original thinking wants to do its own thing, we will not sit still; we will be busy. We can thrive on excitement and be outside our normal routine. It is difficult to coordinate as this energy can be disruptive or disconnected. The fragmented soul may feel everything is full of friction and pointless. We will learn from experience.

18^TH We are creating avenues to abundance. We experience an exploratory broadening urge through an ever-expansive social vision. This brings fortunate involvement in education, philosophy, religion, travel, large-scale production, provision and distribution of services. There is luck in perceiving our capacity for abundance. A teaching and growing experience is very fortunate. There is much enjoyment, appreciation, benefit and shared beliefs or faith. The theme of letting go is prevalent. Having trust and faith in another person requires letting go. When too much enthusiasm or optimism can override the positive we just say no.

 19^TH A turning point in self-healing and self-nurturing brings us in touch with our deepest dichotomy. We have the ability to transform it into usable energy.  With an inner sense of foretelling what can be we face the difficulties in the way of reaching wholeness and healing. It may be necessary to call upon our forceful, angry or dominant energies to take action. We establish a change in dietary habit, meal schedule or in focusing our willpower. It feels like a choice between security and comfort or following the path of truth. We may have to oppose approval. The ambitious child may find support temporarily withdrawn when they extend deadlines and curfews or show no respect for rules, conventions or expectations. To avoid an adversarial relationship help them find a way to honour and balance both these needs.

We need to make an even greater effort at peacemaking if these energies permeate us at every level and dimension of the soul. Memories from this life, patterns from past lives and our woundedness tempt us to act out our pain. Where these things have produced illness, lethargy, lack of motivation or darkness there will be temper, aggression and inner violence wrestling with becoming free. The more consciously aware the more progressive this energy can be. With the right perspective we are a magnet for the healing resolutions we seek. We can get out of our rut. We transform blocked energy and use this immense energy for good, personal evolution and self-realising free will. But for some transmutation is like going to the dentist for others it is a dance. Allemande left!

The Gibbous Phase of the Sun-Moon cycle is contrary. It pulls us in two distinctly different directions. Somehow we can merge the two in order to reach a working compromise. Emotionally we are serious and sombre and yet our spirited energies want to overwhelm this with humour, joy and wit. The meeting point is committed to the whole self while also caring for others. Perhaps it is a match point of destiny or fate. On some level this can also be effortless.

20^TH We have already been shocked into awareness so we are open to receiving universal thoughts by osmosis. Our dysfunctions have shifted or are continuing to shift. If there are any leftover issues with father, old boy system or authority we can deal with them now. We are drawn to unusual, original and unique conclusions and our intuition is strong. Androgynous and egalitarian ideals transcend the old. There are great strides forward in electronics, electrical techniques science and technology or within the field of spiritual healing. Non-partisan human rights are at the forefront of revolutionary causes and social reform.

It is very important to let go of anything that is not nurturing us. We need to care for ourselves in a new way. This is a call to adapt in our caretaking of ourselves and others so there is greater balance. Take note of where anger rises or feelings of inadequacy, incompetency or powerlessness. What is trying to corrupt our sense of self? We cannot let fearful thoughts into our consciousness. We must deal with repressed anger and childhood issues. Physical action, adventure or playful competition encourages our feelings of confidence, courage and self-reliance.

The Sun enters Cancer, Happy Summer Solstice! Have a Safe, Happy and Healthy Summer. Time to refresh!

Your birthday is ushered in by many planets gathered in Gemini and two more will join you shortly. Happy Birthday Gemini may this year bring you many blessings. With so much energy in your court you might be overjoyed with it all. You will need to balance everything out with some consideration for emotions. The forces of transformation and metamorphosis are creating a little tension but they are on your side. Time to rock'n'roll. The truth, no matter how painful, is better than not knowing. Someone will make sure you cannot stick your head in the sand. Nerves are on edge for no particular reason, just a high frequency overload. You will revisit an issue that has caused destructive problems in the distant past. It resurfaced and has been going on in the background since 2009 but now there is resurgence. It looks like a stalemate but the others involved want to push their power to cause an influence. There is no easy resolution; probably you need to do what you have always not wanted to do. It could involve your children. Idealistic ideas try to rule and your loyalties are challenged. In this state of flux it is best not to engage the enraged or overzealous. Intuition helps to sort out differences and will give birth to possibilities. The Lunar Eclipse is in Gemini and promises to change you from the inside out. A healthier more true to the self and happier with others model. Accept what is out of your control and do not wrestle with it, it will not betray your values. Due to increased courage and ultra flexibility you move forward to a more secure and empowered position. Pallas Athena entering Gemini gives you the wisdom to strategically choose between people in contest for your compliance. A crossroads created in 2011 will come to fruition and you must choose. Soon it becomes exciting and opportune to break new ground as the pathway unfolds. Misgivings about yourself or other habitual hesitancies are the hooks to avoid. The mind can be overcome by emotion when Mercury enters Cancer. But just as quick Mars pops into Gemini giving you strength and good fortune. This is a lucky transition and good fortune hangs around for most of June. Venus moving into Cancer enhances the relationship and romantic side of life. Neptune stations as it gets ready to proceed in retrograde motion it is both a confusing and an awakening experience for you. But there is an increase in militant energy which can take you over to the dark side if not careful. It depends upon who you surround yourself with as you will be picking up from other people. It is necessary to analyse whether you must fulfil expectation or your own needs first. This is a wobbly process but the answer lies in self-realisation. Differences between you and others will escalate until you realise you cannot proceed. You do not want to spin in circles anymore. Juno stations in preparation for its retrograde. This puts all commitments, agreements and contracts on advisement until further notice. The two sides of your personality are engaged simultaneously to put you in touch with yourself. Chiron stations to turn retrograde and it helps you to heal the darkness, release anything that would hold you back and go with the flow. You are surprised with your automatic responses for you can clearly see the mechanics of them and wonder at yourself. These are good insights into yourself for a stitch in time now saves nine in early August. High excitable energy lifts you up and lightens your spirit. Many unexpected activities can occur. You are first in line in the creation of an avenue to abundance. You can expect good things. After all the karmic shrapnel you enjoy the cosmic cookies. You get more serious about your health, diet, comfort and security. Make peace not war, create and regenerate rather than deconstruct and destroy; seems people just will not listen and it takes extra effort to get them unblocked. But you have a way about you that makes them quaver and this creates a reasonable chance they can evolve. Your strong sense of self lets go of anything that is not fruitful. Happy Summer Solstice! You look good and feel good and want to feel better.

The Sun enters Gemini, the sign that symbolises your subconscious inner realm. There are three planets there already, Mercury, Venus and Jupiter. This translates into a very active inner life. You will be inspired to take action because of the explorations into yourself that you take now. It is part of the great transformative and metamorphic journey of 2012-2015. It is meant to help you clear away the dross; flush out misinformation so you feel more alive. Your mind expands and stretches in this deep concentration. The nervous system is on high alert. Energies are a little high strung which feels threatening but all is well. You catch the wave of transformation and ride it to a positive flow of initiation. It is second nature to turn a deaf ear to unrealistic or troublesome insistence. Children find their own solutions. The flux of current life is rocking you in constantly changing but pleasantly pleasing circumstances. Great things grow out of these times. The Lunar Eclipse reveals you are worried about the economic times in which we live. You feel your nest egg is threatened and may take steps to protect it. There are powers beyond your control involved in the world's financial metamorphosis but it looks like you are safe and secure. It is possible for you to carve out a more securely empowered position. On another front daily life is intercepted by the unexpected and unsuspecting. The surprise is not meant to be stressful it is an opportunity. Pallas Athena joins the planetary gathering in Gemini which makes your mind more effective and penetrating. While new projects loom on the horizon it is time to finish up tasks, make alterations and refine your future plans. Clear vision inside and out helps you to feel everything is unfolding as it should. Avoid the phantoms of weakness, any questioning or hesitancy for they are just intermittent static. Mercury comes into Cancer and this feels more comfortable. You feel your mind is working even better; it is working with familiarity and confidence. Then Mars pops into Gemini, stirring up your calm composure with all manner of instigation. You have to manage your instincts. Venus leaves Gemini for Cancer which should help to sooth any ragged edges caused by Mars. You will experience deep perceptions, knowing things you have no way of proving. Neptune stations in its orbit preparing to retrograde and this interruption in the flow gives you an opportunity to remember something important. A highly creative flow will take you on many adventures. You can be overwhelmed by psychic perceptions at times as the veil is very thin and you are open and receptive. Avoid addictive personalities, psychic vampires and overwhelming people. This pocket of transcendence is teaching you many things and creating a few defining moments. It is necessary to put people in their place, to create better boundaries and with a little humility learn from your mistakes about them or with them. The collision of responsibility and paradox creates better rules. It is okay if you do not want to spend time with certain people, do not feel guilty. Whatever faith based beliefs you have, expect them to flip as you awaken to the higher knowledge of personal growth. An ethereal flow detaches you from disappointments and helps you to face limitations unemotionally. Health becomes a commitment during Juno's retrograde. Relationships get a clean slate. You will take some steps forward toward new initiatives that will peak near the end of July. Chiron's movement stations as it prepares to retrograde and this provides you with increased energy and drive. Excitement is in the air but you are keeping something secret; preparing for the right time to disclose. This may not come till early August.  Your batteries are recharged. Your thoughts turn to creating abundance in everyday life and this will help you to make it a genuine manifestation. Prosperity consciousness replaces poverty consciousness. It feels like you are following your truth and being true to your ideals. Increased tolerance, acceptance and broadmindedness will help you to maintain peaceful relations. You take big strides forward enjoying the shifts in your life. It is easy to let go of things that are not supporting you, nurturing you or furthering your best interests. Happy Birthday Cancereans, the Sun entering the sign of Cancer is offering you much opportunity in the coming year.

The Sun fans your fiery flames as it enters the air sign Gemini. There is danger you may stew over something that is not to your liking. It should be obvious this is not only your transformative issue but it is metamorphic too. The two great forces that create diamonds apply their pressures. It is you that has to change. Something in your design and construction needs to be flushed out and you will concentrate on this. The nervous system is on edge, best to give yourself lots of space and flexibility. The year 2009 can give you a clue as to what is before you. The focus of this wave of transformation is puppetry; where you puppet others or are a puppet of others yourself. Who and what are pulling your strings or how are you stringing another along? An issue or problem with one of your children brews behind the scenes and keeps you from enjoying a satisfying relationship. You will manage the flux well if you can depersonalise the circumstances. When you put your mind to it possibilities are born. The Lunar Eclipse is very expansive, unrestricted and is illuminating your life's journey. An infusion of courage and indomitable will stirs you to take constructive action. Reinventing a new career is given a more securely empowered position in your attitude. The requisites of the past dissolve as well. You pull away from the way things have always been in the spirit of breaking through to opportunities in the now and in the future. Pallas Athena engages your wit, strategy, humour and causes you to be driven by a plethora of adventurous ideas. A turning point in your affairs pertaining to 2011 helps to redefine situational terms for more balance and stability. Put your higher vision in gear with regard to financial matters, generating income, making your money work for you and attracting your material needs or renegotiating shared resources. But you cannot let the ghosts of the past or other barbs of interruption corrupt an aspired future. Mercury rolls out of Gemini and bobs into Cancer's floatation tank which is inspiring for you on the subconscious level. You get a sense of things and can articulate their essence. Mars strides out of Taurus confidently and into the fray of Gemini. It fans your flames and enlivens you to think and act for yourself rather than be influenced emotionally or otherwise by others. Just as you get your stride Venus will leap out of Gemini and join the passive inversion that is uplifting your consciousness in Cancer. The Neptune station or stall that precedes its retrograde offers you an infusion of creative imagination that you can put to practical and productive use. It helps you to make peace not war when strong masculine energies start to push everyone around. The senses are acute so you will pick up knowledge of the unknown. You find this pocket of transcendence very manageable. The sense of responsibility that keeps you tied to certain absolutes will loosen to allow you to fulfil things in a different fashion. New rules of engagement with others will personify your commitment to ultimately creative growth producing objectives that you have learned from your mistakes. Core beliefs and conditional expectations are the singularities that may be creating tension in your relations. You are awakened to unfamiliar knowledge and can be psychically inspired. Focus your thoughts and creativity and visualise success. Juno's station will affect you strongly as it goes retrograde. It is time to attend to the misaligned and unintegrated aspects of the soul as it pertains to relationship, committedness and conditional agreements. Nasty energies can create a subliminal tension but if you clear the mind of these kinds of thoughts something more remarkable can occur. You want to be on a constructive not a destructive track long before the end of July to make the most of these self-actualising and empowering energies. Chiron is also stationing, preparing to retrograde which will help you in your self-development and self-realisation. Remember to release and flow to move forward. The way you use your power comes into question and you get a chance to remedy some past weaknesses or contortions before things get out of hand early August. Evolutionary initiative comes in the form of high energy that breaks the mold and changes how you view yourself and others, especially significant others. Do not sequester yourself from avenues to abundance, plenty and prosperity; now is the time to make a commitment to yourself in this way. Spiritual rejuvenation will help you with self-healing, self-nurturing and reaching wholeness. Also do not shut yourself off from multi-dimensional peacemaking for transforming the blocked energies of the past through peace allows you to be more in the now where profusion can be found. Dysfunctions continue to shift as you consciously work with them. You let go of whatever does not nurture your nature. Happy Summer Solstice, restore and regenerate yourself with the sun's vibrant rays and nature's bounty.

Initiative and stimulation come to you with the Sun as it enters Gemini, another lively mutable sign. You realise the intellect has to permeate the emotional to achieve a transformative purpose. The integration process is stimulated by current events and this is one of many metamorphic nudges that you will get over the next few years. There are authorities to deal with and responsibilities to execute for your family as well as yourself. A highly strung nervous system should not be overtaxed when you are not as in touch with the physical self as needs be. If you are looking for clues to resolve any circumstance or conundrum they will be related to what transpired during 2009. This is a learning curve of the higher mind. Financial issues involving parents, children, siblings or their offspring can play tug of war with loyalties due to the obligation you feel. You are caught up in a state of flux that you do not feel you can override with personal preference. It is appropriate to suggest alternatives and innovations. Favourable conclusions are cultivated as you follow your intuition to sort out differences. The Lunar Eclipse can be a very emotional time but you seem to be enveloped in your own pocket of experience, maybe in seclusion or spending more time in private. This is not lethargy, rather it is privacy. You are very aware of things outside of your control. You want to assert yourself but something always upsets the plan. There is a reason. Pallas Athena steps into Gemini and this helps your mind to form better conclusions and entertain rational considerations. Events of 2011 have prepared you for the choices you make now. Clearer vision and revised opinions find the key answers you need. Phantom thoughts may cause you to stray in your focus but they help you to feel closer to those you cherish. Mercury bounces out of Gemini and lands in the ephemeral waters of Cancer. This stirs up uncomfortable emotions and an underlying sense of loss. There may be a reason there may not. It can just be atmospheric pressure. Mars plods out of Taurus and into the excitable slipstream of Gemini and it helps you to do the many things you do not want to do. Venus runs out of Gemini and dives into the comfort of Cancer. The emphasis is on care giving and taking care of business. You assume a leadership role. Neptune stations in its orbit getting ready to move backwards or retrograde. You tend to idealise others. Perhaps you project the illusion of greatness onto them. Turning to others in a time of need will create disclosures that are meant to be. People are very protective of you. You are ultra sensitive but do not want to show it. You are transitioning in some way and it will take time for everything to sort out. Guilt manipulates you even when it should not, give yourself a break. Question the demands that you make of yourself. If you feel like being free of the rigors of work or other people it is right to do and be so. It is not in your normal nature to seek escape so you must give yourself approval now. A highly focused imagination can pull the pieces together in the still quiet peacefulness of seclusion. Juno stations in its orbit and readies itself for the retrograde. Unawares to you at present your rules of engagement and interaction are changing, it is just how it is meant to unfold. Karma wants you to dissolve the old structure but it will not push you, rather prod and poke until you are ready. Pay attention to what occurs now and follow through to avoid the ultimate greater force at the end of July. Chiron is stationing, staging itself for the retrograde. One of the most important functions of this planet is health and this is what you are meant to pay attention to. Automatic response patterns feel out of place and you will adapt these accordingly between now and early August. Exciting high energy sweeps you up in its process of change and as a catalyst alters you without you realising how you have changed. Encourage your mind to seek perceptions of abundance and a sense of being prosperous. Gratitude is healthy. You are steering yourself around a turning point increasingly gaining a greater sense of self. Make peace with yourself first and all others can follow. Your mind will then be very open to hearing what it usually blocks. From this perspective you can let go of anything that is not healthy or nurturing. Happy Summer Solstice! Take it easy on yourself this summer the cosmic energies are weighing you down. It is okay to not be okay.

You will feel "on the top of the hill" as the Sun enters Gemini another air sign. You are promoting yourself on the outside while the powers of transformation and metamorphosis are silently working with you on the inside. It is good to flow through the change. In fact by immersing yourself in the deeper levels of emotion, memories and family you flush out the deeper layers of residue so you can release, renew and replace. You take this trend toward unconventional thinking seriously. Another wave from the 2009 phase of transcendence places an obsessive-compulsive focus on family, children, parents and home but from a different level. Children's issue come out of nowhere. They push hard for trivial matters. It is unlikely you will be convinced and converted. The current state of flux makes everyone hyperaware so depersonalise most situations. Great things will grow out of these times. You feel unblocked; the Lunar Eclipse will be kind to you as most of its influence falls on your job, business or enterprise in a supportive manner. Your mind will be ultimately flexible. It will let go and release the inappropriate while also magnetically attracting what is needed to replace what has been plucked from your attitude. A little stress with trying to get started on something will bring realisation of a better solution. Impulse disrupts and the stress or restlessness will help you to breakthrough to higher octaves in the now of existence.  Pallas Athena entering Gemini sharpens your wit and wisdom. Your powers of debate and detached presentment just increased. It will bring affirmation, resolution and inner truth at a time of need. Something that was critical in 2011 is winding down in 2013. Hindsight is 20/20. Ideas about yourself or weaknesses would try to block you unless you move passed the mirage. Mercury bogs down a little in Cancer, meaning thinking is less clear or light due to emotions or sensitivity. Mars in Gemini however is generating energy you like. It is busying and will get tasks started but it does not always help to get things done. Venus leaves Gemini for Cancer introducing the feeling element and leaving the social butterfly behind. Stormy seas or still waters, it can bring both to relationship. You get a little fearful when Neptune stations preparing to retrograde. This is F-false E-evidence A-appearing R-real. It can be upsetting till you accept. Active energy is blocked so you cannot act out your masculine ego expression. At the same time you are ultra-sensitive and picking up cross-chatter. These unsettled inner atmospheric conditions serve the purpose of writing a new script, treading new ground, reinventing yourself. It also shakes you lose from obligations, responsibilities and attachments so you can better fulfil your own needs. The flux is reviewing and renegotiating your state of affairs. You automatically push away from friends or commitments not to escape but to find yourself. Processing emotional overload requires stillness and retreat. Given adequate circumstances you are able to sort, sift and cross-reference your ideas, ideals and products of your imagination. You create a new dream. Juno stations in preparation to begin its retrograde in air sign Aquarius. It throws you a nightmare or two if you get caught up on righteous issues. Two areas of contention are home and work. What happens now tests you to compel a change. If you do not get on board now this energy will peak at the end of July. Then the universe will compel. You have turned on a magnet by being very much into healing yourself when Chiron stations preparing for its retrograde and you will attract what you need. Long standing power issues surface in some abstract way. They get you to revise your instinctual patterns before the beginning of August when they could get you in trouble. In the meantime excitement stirs to enliven everyday life. Work on ways to create abundance. Think of how prosperous you are. With expansive social vision you see opportunities that can be created to serve modern times. It takes fortitude to follow them with only self-approval. Pathways to abundance will be alluring. Peacefulness motivates you to such higher levels. Your mind transcends the status quo as you shift into universal awareness. Whatever does not nurture you will fall away and leave you in peace. Happy Summer Solstice; play, travel, explore, have adventure and do new things. Your evolution can find you wherever you are, let it be.

Good fortune can come your way when the Sun enters Gemini this month. Your growth through the processes of transition and metamorphosis carries on around you without your particular notice. The resourcefulness that compels you to dig deep and flush out the truth is fulfilling. The high vibrations are singing your tune guiding you to reinvention. A wave of transformation takes you beyond your progress in 2009 closer to your ultimate self-realisation. It does not even bother you when your children or spouse push their trip too far; you are in league with yourself. You thrive on the flux that forces others through conflict, stress or tension to develop super powers. Seeds were planted long ago for the harvest you are planning on reaping now. The Lunar Eclipse does not faze you except to convince you to continue full steam ahead with your long wished for plan. Increased courage helps you in full measure. You are in line for a pleasant surprise, you have earned it. Pallas Athena entering Gemini mediates the fray of the many planets residing there and gives you more stillness. You can proceed in a new way with plans relative to 2011. Greater insight and a willingness to learn from your mistakes will clarify your visionary skills. But what you think about yourself is the misinformation that can get in your way. Mercury plops into Cancer and muddies the waters so you have to believe in yourself to find your way. Mars finds itself in the busyness that is Gemini. You get to enjoy many interesting events with people who are important to you. You enjoy a blissful or at least peacefully enjoyable existence as Venus wades into Cancer. But as Neptune stations retrograde you can be your own worst enemy even though you know better. Extract fear and paranoia. Be careful however as you can go from that state to headstrong in sixty seconds. Heightened sensitivity can make you reactive, confrontive and otherwise can misdirect your energies. You cannot keep up appearances or pretence but you can improvise. Invention discovers a new coping skill. Impressed, you decide to put it to work for you in the future. It becomes you. People are very singularly involved do not mistake this for emotional distance or take it personal in any way. You are experiencing a surge of confidence but are still strangely sensitive. Focus your imagination on improving relationships and getting in touch with family or old friends. During Juno's retrograde you are expanding around other people's rigidity, convictions, terms and conditions. Increasingly you feel more self-determining. This builds to an observable level of empowerment late July. You have a firm and fast relationship with the wounded healer Chiron who is stationing in preparation to retrograde. Your evolution and accessional work is facilitated. Reminders of mistakes made in the past or the experience of the consequences of previous actions will play a part in improving your integrity. This empowerment increases between now and early August. Controlled excitement centres on your home. You make some solid improvements. It is a good time to sell or buy a home too. Several facets of abundance will open up to you. Then you face a very deep quandary. Make peace, put yourself in the other position to gain empathy, the right perspective is tremendously positive. Where shock has opened your vestitures of knowledge about other people you can now integrate a more universal shift and unique conclusion in dealing with them. Take good care of yourself, the way you wish others would take care of you. Happy Summer Solstice. You are in charge. You are the captain of your ship. Set your sails and navigate by choice. Have a happy, healthy and entertaining summer.

The Sun enters Gemini the sign that is your polar opposite. The occupants of Gemini have served you well this year. The Sun joining the gathering will only enhance this. As the two planets responsible for metamorphosis and transformation come together your life will correspondingly become more expansively busy. It should prove to be a fruitful season. You have access to many resources. The energies are highly strung and you are front and centre in the throng so you might need a time out. Finally after a few years, since 2009, you have worked your way back into the place you want to be. Children will be children and you seem to be surrounded by more than your share. You process something important about your own childhood or children. There is a great flux in how people spend their money on holiday. Why this important to you is not clear unless you are planning to travel, in the travel industry or rely on tourist dollars. Great opportunities grow out of the incidental details. The Lunar Eclipse takes away any barriers and puts you in the spot light even though you would rather not be centred out. You pluck courage from your inner resources and back down your self-criticism to rise to the occasion. Restlessness causes you to be more focused on the person, non-committal in relationship and more future oriented. Pallas Athena in Gemini is a good ally. You will find strength, poise, dexterity and stalwartness increases without corrupting free-spiritedness. Upon completion of your goals set in 2011 you are now gestating new objectives. With a broad vision and powers of invention you can see where it would be profitable to break new ground. You are free of the interferences and impediments that would cloud your performance. The energy shifts as Mercury goes from running in Gemini to floating in Cancer. You miss the stimulation and find it more difficult to manage at first. Mars jumps into Gemini straight away anyway so the fast pace will replace the quicker mind. Venus you will miss as it leaves Gemini for Cancer. It has been making things pleasant and now other people's emotions are more apparent which makes things sticky. As Neptune stations to turn retrograde you might be planning your vacation, or taking one and planning other escapes away from work. Bull headed stubbornness is not usually your style but is necessary with some people. It is best not to confront others, keep your dignity and do not let them misdirect you. An investment of time and effort can return a profit. You are able to let go of responsibility due to increased self-authority. This will set a precedent that you intend to continue to follow. You decide to keep your distance from certain other people to avoid their influence.  Your faith collides with your fantasies spinning you in an illusionary circle. Being able to focus your imagination will help you to become more realistic. Juno is stationing preparing to turn retrograde or backwards in her orbit. You find the old conditional agreements or arrangements with others hard to bear. A power struggle could create some unhealthy tension in the background. It will build to a pitch come the end of July. Do not hurt yourself. As Chiron stations in preparation to retrograde you can get overheated and clumsy. It ticks you off to know that other people have played you or manipulated your weaknesses. There just might be a face off come early August. You are excited about changing things to be the way you want them. On every level you are creating prosperous relationships and opening up avenues of abundance and other people's resources. You call upon dominant forceful energies and people you have known to take action. But you want to make every effort to keep the peace not provoke a war that could break out when you least expect it. You do like to shock people into new realisations or to get them to think differently. You want them to realise what they are doing is not good for them however that is not always your place. Happy Summer Solstice! This is going to be an unusually active summer. You need to think about scheduling regular breaks for peace and quiet.

With the Sun's entrance into Gemini it will be joining multiple planets. The changeable airy atmosphere can interfere with the smooth running of organisation and systemisation. It is a transformative test on your metamorphic pathway to get you to be flexible so you can replant your focus so to partake of a new vista. Constant distractions cause you to work more vigilantly with your mind, releasing any negativity to overcome by widening your perspective. See more, know more and do more. The nervous system gets wound up over something financial, best to take a brisk walk to work it out and clear the head. There is reference to 2009 and the changes that occurred then. Now there is a polarising issue between you and others that will bring about another wave of transformation. Conflicting pulls of loyalty, coercion, obligation, guilt, differing beliefs or expectation can be potential sources of trouble. Life is a fluctuating over-zealous hyperaware fast lane of redundancy and reinvention. The impact of these trends is food for thought and broad discussion in your circles. You realise great things can grow out of hard times. The Lunar Eclipse encompasses your ruling planet Saturn. It gets your resistances and rigidities out of the way so you can benefit from the edifying infusion into the subconscious. Much brain stimulation will result. You feel profoundly stirred into action and compelled to be flexibly mindful and ultra aware of that which is beyond your control. You will do what is necessary to liberate yourself from the unforeseen. Pallas Athena will join the amassing planets in Gemini. Now you will experience an overload of input, information, perception, intuition in which paradox will play a key role in the resulting evaluation. Now the planets refer you back to 2011 for an important choice or redefinition which may be a very good clue about how to proceed. There is more stress subconsciously than there is rationally. The internal mechanisms, your thoughts, get caught up on ideas you need to reject but you are still able to converse and conduct yourself. It helps that Mercury will hop out of Gemini and float into Cancer. This is your polar opposite sign which offers you objectivity when you need it. But Mars makes its entrance to Gemini continuing to make it a challenge to stay focused in the present moment. Venus leaves Gemini for Cancer so you have another ally in your counter-court. It is a good time to clean out unnecessary baggage, material possessions, hidden fears, anxieties and resentments. It is also a good time to review investments. Neptune stations in its orbit around the Sun as it prepares to retrograde. The stasis helps in dissolving the things, ideas or conditions that stand in your way. Highly dramatic and activating energies incline you toward maximum activity. The problem is you are absorbing too much by osmosis and need to stay away from overwhelming people, psychic vampires or addictive personalities. There is need to improvise with your well planned script. Let go of responsibility for others that is futile. Develop better boundaries to move away from the redundancy toward mutual reciprocity. People will be withdrawn, distant, caught up in their own paradox their response is not a reflection upon you. You will plan your escape; travel plans can take up most of your thoughts due to uncertainties and choices. Then you put your highly stimulated imagination to work around the house. Juno stations in preparation to turn retrograde. The stasis is a good time to review all contracts, agreements, commitments or reservations. Read the fine print. A remarkable and powerful building force quietly works in the background and promises to bring a spectacular culmination at the end of July. Chiron stations in readiness for its retrograde and this finds you focused on fixing things relative to work and home. You can see your instinctual patterns in 3-D which helps you to cross-examine your motivations to remedy them. You will refine your integrity to your satisfaction as will be witnessed in early August. Currently you are best to filter the high voltage frequencies or reinforce your grounding cord. Be discerning about what you do, where you go and spend lots of time in stillness to keep balanced. Avenues to abundance are being developed. You find it natural to expand your prosperous enterprise simply through conversation. It is a choice between security and comfort. You seek peace to maintain fortitude and release pressure through relaxation. It is a little surprising but not shocking what another person acts out in their process of becoming. Feed yourself, your mind and your spirit with things that are nurturing and nutritional. Nature is food for the soul. Happy Summer Solstice! Your summer will be enriched in many ways. Refresh the spirit, nurture the body and feed the mind good thoughts.

Air signs unite as the Sun ventures into Gemini which is becoming crowded with planets. The infusion revitalises your nature. The transformative and metamorphic planets back this up by supporting your efforts to realise more of the original you. Normally comfortable with the immediately discernible you dig deeper into the past and present of a subject to decide its future. The nervous system is taut which brings out your cause oriented activism on behalf of humanity. Recall the ambitions of 2009 because the time of their actualisation is approaching. Other people push their trip so far you have to remind them of the rights of others. Good things come out of this difficulty and you recall an old people skill. The Lunar Eclipse diminishes your co-ruler Saturn leaving you with the fully tipped and unpredictable Uranus. Serendipity, synchronicity and surprise combine in current events. Ambition, courage and power are building in strength. There is bound to be some tension or stress in the process. Pallas Athena is a welcome ally as she enters Gemini, your air sign buddy. She gives you the ability to think with all your senses and develop broad ranging strategies. Just when you think your initiatives of 2011 are coming to completion they take on a whole new facet of development. Deep perceptions border on psychic reception but they are plausible and therefore acceptable without tangible proof. The subconscious will let you know if there is anything it needs to make you aware of such as self-doubt, hesitancy or other weakness. Mercury slips into Cancer causing your mind to be overly affected and thereby reactive. Mars recharges the atmosphere with the liveliness that air will bring as it ventures into Gemini. You enjoy an increase in social activity. Venus leaves Gemini for Cancer and this affects the other people in your life. They become more emotional and sentimental which is not one of your strengths. Neptune stations in its orbit around the Sun and is about to turn retrograde. This lapse in its presence can catch you unawares. Be cautious in your dealings with others to avoid the misunderstandings or misrepresentations that could occur. An out of kilter gender balance is what makes you retreat from excessive aggression, ego or emotionalism. Your own sensitivities are difficult enough to manage. You may struggle with your fears, fantasies or illusions and discover your denials and hang-ups. Other people have more of an influence over you as you explore ways of redefining yourself. It is paradoxical but ultimately fortunate that you are fashioning yourself in another's image. You push away from people and do not linger in your mingling. You prefer to cover more territory than depth of engagement. What you cannot escape are the rumblings of your faith based beliefs. They will provide spiritual upliftment. Highly inventive and extremely imaginative it would be fortunate to use these resources to further your self-actualisation. When Juno stations retrograde you will review your contract to yourself and your agreements with others. All relationships are evaluated on new terms. Get in touch with your power, not the dominant controlling expression that suppresses others, your sense of empowerment. Find ways to be in control of your power now as profound energies will challenge you into having to do so by the end of July. As Chiron stations preparing to retrograde you will be pulling pieces of your puzzle together, finding key information to bring positive change to your life and will be inspired to follow a new self-expression. Beware of your instincts, your automatic response patterns, the weaknesses will corrupt your integrity and contort your belief in yourself. A high voltage electrical atmosphere wears on the nerves and makes other people hard to bear sometimes but it will connect you with people you need to further your objectives. Avenues that lead to abundance will be opening to you. A job, business opportunity or contract takes you into a new level of effectiveness. Make a greater effort to maintain peacefulness, be discerning in your assertions, push passed your blocks and find your way out of a rut. Change your dietary habits or eating schedule and focus your willpower. One good thing about change is that once you are shocked, the aftershocks are mere ripples of adaptation. You make strides forward on the waves of transformation. Reject and eject anything negative from your being so you are ready for advancement. Happy Summer Solstice! There will be opportunities to make money or manage your investments to provide the best return. You find new and more simple values work for you.

The Sun makes its entrance into Gemini which adds more energy to what you perceive to be frenzy. You are absorbing the negativity and need to filter it out or your health will suffer. It will be the transitional energies that are playing havoc with your health. The metamorphic energies are spearheading your self-realisation without you having to be aware. There is a need to be resourceful, to choose your reality and work with the mind. You stay out of the loop and let the highly strung energies swirl around you with only a partial eye monitoring the scene. Much has changed since 2009. Again the energies of transformation will need to be managed but this time you are able to channel them into constructive formats. Other people push their trip because they know not what they do. They are tormented by the conflicting vibrations and unable to harness them. There is much flux but within it there is a great potential for you to realise your supernatural powers. Good things grow out of hard times. As the Lunar Eclipse reveals, you are cloaked in invisibility that is more than an optical camouflage. "To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing." You are ultra aware of that which is beyond your control. You need to build courage. It is possible for you to act on automatic pilot in the management of your responsibilities and obligations. But you feel fractured by the stress. When Pallas Athena joins the Gemini team of planets it is difficult for you to think. It feels like a battering ram chattering inside your head at first but the ruckus will fade. The circumstances of 2011 are winding down, coming to a close or completion and it would be good for you to put some thought into what to do next. Turn your mind's vision away from negative psychologically draining entertainments. Silly ideas you have about yourself plague you with all manner of shock and awe. Mercury will leave Gemini for Cancer which is a partial relief to your nervous system. Your health and sleep will improve to some degree. Unfortunately this Gemini energy is relentless for Mars quickly moves into the sign. Expect to have things fall from your hands or be a smidgeon out of reach. Do not let these trivial types of things exasperate you. Roll with it, make light of things. Venus will leave Gemini for Cancer so you can enjoy the company of similar people. There is some grief around you but I am unsure of the source. It can be just in a general sense. Neptune stations in its orbit preparing to retrograde and the stasis of your ruling planet helps your spirit connect with the source. A creative spark the likes of which made Frankenstein come to life will be the energy that reinvigorates you to blossom once again. You absorb by osmosis the healing regenerating energies of lost faith and belief in yourself. This is a wakeup call that defies escape. It is designed specifically for you. Let go of the guilt and resentment that operates in your life. Better guidelines of mutual reciprocity help you to surf the flux of current events. It is safe; people do not want to get intimate anyway. Besides it will be your attempt at escaping will bring you face to face with yourself. Stop jerking yourself around. Your powers of imagination are inventive and they detect what is needed. Juno's stationary position gives you a psychological breather. Soon it will be retrograde and less abrasive to your subconscious. You might stop hurting yourself with your thoughts. Your job is your metamorphosis. You are conscripted to be more in touch with your own power. It is necessary before the end of July. Chiron's station is another relief for you. You can hear your spirit. You can heal yourself. You can release and flow. Your instinctual patterns are a part of your metamorphic growth. You will grow beyond your automatic responses and habitual reactions. It is important to fulfil this option prior to early August. Great change is afoot and you need not be paranoid about it at all. It is in your best interests. Avenues to abundance will unlock, all you need to do is embrace prosperity consciousness. Just grasp the idea that you have enough. Do you know what your greatest contradiction is...you will find out. Make peace with your memories. You can keep old myths alive but they do not serve your evolution. Let go of anything that is not nurturing you. Happy Summer Solstice! You will realise something very valuable over this summer. You need to experience this rather than be told.

How quickly the Sun is moving on to Gemini it seems like yesterday it was the Spring Equinox. Time is moving quickly for you and many changes have occurred. The metamorphic and transformation planets are in tandem and it seems your relationships are the evolutionary factor in your life. To support the continuation of an exciting and ever-changing life it would be wise for you to be detective, spy, therapist or doctor to yourself to transform your health to greater vitality. High strung energies are hard on the nervous system, on thinking and on home life. Another wave of transformation relative to 2009 descends in a self-determining form for your regeneration and empowerment. Business, work or job can benefit too. Children or spouse otherwise those close to you will be restless, demanding, whiney, moody or complaining pushing their trip to the limit. The flux that affects everyone takes its toll. You need to take special care of your health, get proper rest, feed yourself well and get a healthy amount of exercise. Something great can come out of the effort. The Lunar Eclipse removes the barriers, resistances and rigidities that hold you back. It creates conditions that will help you to breakthrough. As your health revives to greater vitality your spirit will get a boost and your courage will build. Disruption tests your will to persevere, your commitment to your ideals and the truth that lies beneath the surface. Pallas Athena enters Gemini and the air fans your fiery flames. Memories flash back vividly, the kind that sustains supports and bolsters your belief in yourself. The affairs of 2011 are winding down; it is time for new plans and some diversity. This is an opportunity to put your higher vision to work, invent fortuitous circumstances within your work, career, job or business. Psychologically you can work against yourself. The things you think about yourself and tell yourself need to be filtered out. Mercury crosses the cusp of Cancer challenging you to think on your feet, in the moment and on the run which helps you to put these things aside. Be careful with the financial plans you make in haste. Mars becomes part of the Gemini team which can really stir up a dithering within your being. A non-descript type of fluctuation. You need your down time to keep it to a minimum. As Venus enters Cancer it will bring you closer to family, friends and loved ones. Emotions run high. Neptune is stationary and still. You sense things acutely, feel more from others and relate empathically as much as possible. The masculine will become accentuated, not just in men but in everyone so avoid getting caught up in the contests and assertions or ego wars. It is very possible that you are picking up far too much energy from everyone around you, the environment and the atmosphere if not the psychic static. This can take a toll on the nervous system and health. Pace yourself, meditate, seek calm regularly. Let go of the shoulds that run your life ragged and modify the musts. Set better precedents, create boundaries that protect what you value and need and change the rules that run your life. People are jittery, emotionally distant and are lacking in intimacy which reduces your comfort levels temporarily. Instead of running away, ducking, avoiding or steamrolling you are more effective at engaging. If not your imagination can drive you crazy so initiate a creative project in which to channel these energies into. Juno stations preparing to retrograde and as she does the focus is on your finances and the need to not be careless. Your subconscious is profound and profuse as well as diversified. It produces remarkable dreams, thoughts, visions or meditations.  You need to be tough, persistent and enduring. This subliminally intense undercurrent builds to a peak near the beginning of August. You are shaky on the inside and wounded on the outside at the time of the Chiron station. This is a crossroads that leads you to wholeness. Due to extraordinary circumstances you are monitoring and managing your automatic response and instinctual patterns. While you are doing so temporarily for emotional considerations and respect the exercise causes a permanent shift in you. When you are ready to network yourself you will open up avenues of abundance. Invention with your work will accelerate this process of embracing prosperity conscousness. Someone will make you aware of your hypocrisy, greatest dichotomy or contradiction. It is beneficial, fortuitous and meant to be that you make an effort at making and maintaining peace as much as you can. The warrior signs are important contributors to world peace when they are ready to answer the call to peace within and without. Your personality is changing, evolving, healing amongst the flux. Nurture your soul, be its caretaker and champion. Eliminate foods from your diet that are not nutritious. Be disciplined about your health. Take charge and let go of anything that is not nurturing. Happy Summer Solstice! It looks like an active and interesting summer. There will be many changes and breaks in routine.

The Sun leaves Taurus for another year. Gemini is a much livelier sign. You welcome the increased enthusiasm of the gathering of planets in this sign. It makes life very interesting. The two great forces of evolution, transformation and metamorphosis, are working on the deeper layers of your soul. You need only follow your path of purpose and take no detours. Unsatisfied with superficiality in relationship you reach out to cultivate those in league with you. Whether you realise it or not the physical body is experiencing high stress which makes the nervous system highly strung. Get out for a brisk walk or entertain a friendly debate with like mindedness to help defuse these energies. The waves of transformation from 2009 continue to roll in. Be objective, tune into your inner voice and be ready for anything. You are getting closer to your realisation. People you work with will push their trip but it does not really affect you. The flux we are living in has caused you all manner of breakdown and called upon your resourcefulness. You have passed the test by improvising. Great gifts can come of the effort. The Lunar Eclipse removes the barriers and distances between you and important people. Be discreet, be tactful, listen intently, absorb the nuances and most of all be discerning. Profound shifts occur within relationship. Ancestral patterns and biological memory traces are erased from your consciousness to allow this. Sleep can be distressfully disrupted. You may find you need less sleep or simply awaken throughout the night as if on guard. Pallas Athena leaves Taurus for Gemini. The brain power and high functioning influence while no longer present remains as a permanent shift. Activities to which you have devoted your energies since 2011 are not winding down. It is time to brainstorm, visualise or imagine what you want to do next. It is an opportunity to put your higher vision into practical use. If you judge yourself severely you create psychological stressors that interfere with planning and achieving. Mercury crosses the cusp into Cancer. You find it easier to communicate with people in general, with people around the home or specifically within in-person meetings. Mars hops into busy Gemini which will speed you up, give you initiative and get you out of your rut. You are glad that Venus is ready to enter Cancer, you find it easier to relate to people and it improves your significant relationship. Neptune is stationing and while in stasis prior to its retrograde you need to be careful not to spend money without clarity. Put off purchases to be sure. Increased cooperation and planning with reciprocal appreciation will promote you. Like a psychic sponge you will be picking up the thoughts, feelings and auric fields of everyone you contact. Try not to let it affect you or hang onto you. Just ignore the unimportant. Most of it is unimportant. It is best not to struggle too hard at this time; do your best but if the situation defies you, step back and figure out what it is trying to tell you. Let go of the old programming that tells you what to do or that you have to do as you are told. Change your rules and strategies adapting to the fluctuations in reciprocity. You are busy with your own details but you do notice that other people are distant and maybe involved too. Faith is your best friend, most significant other and will guide and sustain you through the unknown. Your highly stimulated imagination will be put to good use. It is called into action. Juno stations in preparation to go retrograde. She kicks up such a fuss that generally people are not in great spirits but you are able to cut through this. Profound shifts, inspirations, inventions or ideas bubble to the surface as you are forced through unconscious forces to grow. This metamorphic tension peaks near the end of July. It is when Chiron stations to turn retrograde you will act prophetically by naturally releasing and letting go so you can flow. You are connected to what you need. Leverage offers you a better place. You are building your empowerment between now and the beginning of August. Breaking through in a progressive way moves you closer to your objectives as well as your evolution. What you think you create. Create pathways to abundance and prosperity consciousness. Your subconscious is powerful and can manifest or attract what you can envision. The stumbling blocks that have persistently blocked your way release and open up. Maintain peacefulness and peacemaking. It is a magnet for healing resolutions and can transform blocked energy. You make great strides forward in your efforts to realise an income or fulfilment of your goals. Simply be in the conscious state of letting go of anything that does not serve you, nurture you or contribute to your self-reliance. Happy Summer Solstice! You likely will not go far this summer but will thoroughly enjoy relaxation time spent at home or close to home. You will further your career objectives.

At one circle gathering, the guide was asked if rebirth involved a degree of compulsion. The following is the answer given by Silver Birch.

It depends how you define compulsion. Nobody orders you to do it. But if you feel you are compelled to do it, then you could call it compulsion.

Nobody will order you to reincarnate in your world, but you will feel you have a lesson to learn, a service to perform, a wrong to redress, a kindness to be done that you had failed before and will want to do it because you know it is best for you to do so.

We are told we live forever with our closest loved ones after leaving the earth plane. Can you explain what happens when our loved one reincarnates?

This is not the problem that it seems because it is an attempt to equate a spiritual happening by a physical measurement. You have heard me say many times that the personality expressed on earth is only a fragment of the total individuality. I have compared it to facets of a large diamond.

Facets can incarnate and others can reincarnate. There can be temporary earthly incursions when this happens and there is separation between the facets of the diamond. But where the law of affinity is at work there will be no such separation.

Is not the teaching of reincarnation a confusion arising from the subjective heavens of the 'happy hunting grounds' originally given to teach the reality of the earthly life to those who died in infancy? Asked a reader of Two Worlds whose written question was read to Silver Birch.

If the questioner likes to think so, he or she is entitled to do so, but that will not alter its truth. Facts are facts, whether you like them or not, or whether you agree with them or not.

The wise individual is the one who tries to understand when confronted with a fact or its implications. But if it does not make sense to you, then reject it.

If it appears to you foolish, reject it. As you grow, your capacity to understand will increase and you will find what you may have rejected before now makes sense.

A circle member, referring to another reader's question on the population explosion, asked: "Where do all these souls come from? If there are a certain number of souls to come back to earth there must be a reservoir.

We are told not to produce too many children. But if mankind goes on producing them they would be born. Consequently where do these souls come from?"

It may be the wrong word to use, but your question is based on a misconception. You do not create souls in your world. What you do is create the channels for souls to manifest.

Spirit, the primal essence is infinite. Infinity cannot be measured. What you do is to provide a means whereby spirit can incarnate and become individuated.

You, as spirit, have always existed. As individual spirit you started from the moment of conception.

There are others who existed in your world before and who have a task to perform, redress to make or something to achieve. They wait until they find the right vessels that will provide them with the opportunities for what they have to do.

"I thought that all human souls gradually evolved from every stage of life."

No, that is the physical ancestry. Spirit has always existed.

"What is the essential difference between old and new souls? Where does the new spirit come from? Who decides into what conditions they incarnate or reincarnate? The guide answered:

The essential difference between an old and a new soul is one of age. Obviously the old is older than the new.

"Where does a new soul come from?"

This question is very loosely phrased. Souls do not come from anywhere. Spirit has always been in existence. Spirit will always be in existence.

It is the primal essence, the life force, and the divine. It says in your Bible "God is spirit."

If the questioner means, "Where does the individual soul come from? " then I say that at the moment of conception a particle of spirit incarnates to begin to express individuality on earth.

A circle member asked, "Is that then a part of the totality of the Great Sprit?"

Yes, that is why you are linked forever with the Great Spirit. You cannot be cut off; you cannot be banished; you cannot be excommunicated.

You are for all time bound up inextricably with the power which is life, no matter what manifestation it takes.

Another circle member asked, "But does the individual life start before that moment?"

You are using words which make it difficult. Do you mean, "Has the individuality which is expressed from the moment of conception existed before?"

Yes, sometimes, but not in the same personality which is now beginning to be expressed on earth. As spirit is infinite, it will take a long time to comprehend infinity.

The next question was, "Is there an organization in the spirit world to control reincarnation to prevent mistakes being made?"

All these matters are simply resolved by the operation of natural law. You decide if you should incarnate. You do so at a time when you have a greater awareness and realize what can be achieved by becoming embodied in the earthly world.

It does not require any group of organization of beings. This is a matter the soul decides for itself.

"Is each incarnation progressive or is it possible to end further down the ladder than when one started?"

All life especially that of the spirit, is progressive. I am referring specifically to the spiritual because it is the one that really matters.

Once you have knowledge, wherever it was gained, then as you apply it, automatically you grow spiritually and advance. Advance is always progression, though it will take eternity to achieve perfection.

"Would you say that at the actual moment of conception, spirit takes up residence and then grows to a personality?"

This is a little more difficult when you introduce words like "personality." Life is spirit and spirit is life. They are one and the same.

What you call conception means that there is life. If there is no conception, there is no life. Therefore, spirit incarnates into matter at the moment of conception.

As to the question of its development, this is more difficult because it depends on a variety of circumstances.

The spirit that incarnates at the moment of birth has always existed as spirit. So the question of personality means to what extent is it an aspect or an expression of an individuality, which is something much larger than a personality.

At what point does a fertilized seed become a human being? At what stage precisely in the prenatal existence of a child does it become a human being? Would you say a foetus is a human being?

Yes, from the moment of conception there is life and there is spirit. If there is what you call in your world a miscarriage or an abortion, you have not destroyed the life force. You have merely removed its expression from your world to ours.

When would you say that that prenatal form of life in the womb was really a human being as we understand the term?

It is potentially a human being from the moment of conception and has latent within it all the aspects of humanity.

From the moment of fertilization?

Just as it has from the moment of conception latent within it all its physical characteristics, so it also has all its spiritual characteristics. I could not have the physical characteristics unless the spiritual characteristics were there because matter is a shadow of the spirit.

Do I understand you to imply that a spirit has no choice whatever over the vehicle it will use on earth?

No, you do not understand me to say it at all. On the contrary, the spirit has every choice.

In the majority of cases, the spirit chooses to incarnate through a particular vehicle because it has work to do in your world. It can take a very long time for you to wake up to do the work that you said you were going to do.

Of the physical body, Silver Birch said:

The physical body, from the moment it is born, begins to die. Nothing can change that fact. It is not conceived to achieve permanence in your world. By nature, it knows it has only an ephemeral existence. It must follow the cycle.

Gradually, it achieves the maturity of physical well-being. Then just as gradually every aspect of the body begins to wear out. What should happen is that the physical body drops away, as I have said many times, when it is ripe, as the apple drops from the tree.

We in our world are not perfect. We have not attained the end of our spiritual progress. We have a long, long way to go. But we utilize what powers we can attract when w are confronted with material conditions which make it very difficult for us to work in your world.

I have always said, and will continue to say, that we do not possess all knowledge because it is infinite. You in your world are able to have only a smaller amount of knowledge because you are encumbered with physical limitations that do not apply to us.

To a circle member who was very tired Silver Birch said:

 When you lack rest, then the body pays the price. Sometimes the price is exacted that you must take to your beds for a complete rest.

We cannot preach personal responsibility and tell you that there are exceptions to the operation of this law. Do not try to do too much. The body is only a machine. It must not be overtaxed beyond its capacity.

Another circle member said: "It is so difficult when you say we must take to our beds when we are tired.

We know that, but where other people are concerned that we have to look after because they are so much worse than we are, you have to give yourself." The guide replied:

You cannot change the operation of natural laws. I love you all. If I did not love you, I would not be here.

There are no attractions for us in your world of matter. It is because we love you that we come and work with you and among you. We have nothing to gain by so doing. Many of us have willingly sacrificed what we have attained to serve as best we can.

We do love you with a heart that is filled with affection for you, but we cannot change the laws. You have machines that you call physical bodies.

The finest machines in your world are given rest. They are not made to work as your physical bodies are made to work. If you do not rest them the machines break down.

It is your responsibility because it is your body. The Great Spirit has given you intelligence and reason for you to use these divine powers. Do not blame me because I tell you what I know is the truth about the way the universe works.

I cannot be false to t hat which I know. I can only give you ideals to be achieved, spiritual maxims that are based on truth and which, when applied to your lives, will bring you the richness which should be your natural heritage.

It is for you to decide what to do. We help you to the best of our ability. There are circumstances sometimes beyond our control when our best is not good enough.

We cannot interfere with your free will. We have to sand by at times and watch what you do because your decision is important in your evolution.

This is the last newsletter for the summer. Writing will start again in August. It takes about a month to create an issue of The Planetary Alchemist. I will resume publication of the Alchemist with the fall issue when everyone is ready to be attentive again. If you need me I will be in my office ready to answer your questions or book a session. I will be creating mail order sessions or handling telephone and email sessions as well as in-person sessions. Many blessings for a safe and happy summer time. May you have happy travels.