Devouring Our Creativity

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When we have the sensitivity to listen  one of the gifts of astrology is hearing the breath of the cosmos dancing in our ear whispering a gentle truth. I was given just such a gift yesterday from two unrelated sources each offering a passionate plea for the life force of change. The first, came from an astrologer born under the illumination of a Cancer Full Moon, the Moon in Capricorn, reminding me of the  inevitable changes in our perception of our home when we are under the nurturing influence of Cancer. And the second came from a dear friend born when Venus was conjoined Jupiter in Cancer sharing with me his personal discovery that change is the very essence of our life force and that without making changes within ourself we whither and die becoming an animated corpse awakening each new day void of life.

2010 is a year for taking personal action and making significant changes to the structures that define who we are and what we value. This is a golden year for re-accessing our life and re-examining what we have created for ourself and for others.  On the first day of 2010 GMT the stellium of planets in Capricorn were in the fourth house of family and home; the Moon in Cancer was in the tenth house of  career and social  contribution; and Saturn, the ruler of Capricorn, was ascending in the house of our perception of reality, delivering a sobering treatise on commitments that must be honored in our relationship with ourself and  our relationship with others. This is  our year for taking personal responsibility for who we are and what we have created, which is why it is so important that we shift our perception of reality by releasing our attachment to old behavior patterns.

2010 promises to be a stellar year for initiating change as the cardinal signs, Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn, standing in high relief, beckon us to refine our perception of reality. As the year unfolds it will become more clear to us just how important it is that we change the way we think and act in life if we want to experience an easier time adjusting to the irrevocable changes that will redefine our personal life-style and our collective living. This is not a year to slack off nor is it a year for easy solutions, on the contrary, we can expect a year of intense struggle with institutions of every variety including those self-regulating institutions that reside within each of us. Chances are we will confront our very own inner tyrant who is as grossly unjust and destroying of our creative potential as was Saturn devouring his own children.

2010 is a year for creative resolve bursting forth in the Cardinal Cross at the Summer Solstice; the annual time of year in the Northern Hemisphere when new life begun at the Vernal Equinox flowers with creative fulfillment and our life feels its most vibrant. If we can open our heart and mind this year and let go of  clinging to our past we have the opportunity to experience the grace and beauty of life lived by nurturing new possibilities and potentialities never before imagined. The breadth of our creative potential is measured solely by our willingness to embrace change.

We the people are being challenged to define our priorities and goals, and with the social aiding of Neptune transiting in Aquarius, it seems likely that social change will manifest in a unified front of collective aspiration. We can expect an emphasis on social justice and fairness to permeate the atmosphere of change, and one of the bright spots of this year is our opportunity to re-discover the creative potential of joining with others of like mind and offering our individual creativity in  service of a collective cause. Perhaps the greatest gift received this year will be our realization that everything we think that we are doing on behalf of ourself we are doing on behalf of humanity.