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From Greece to NZ and back during a Global Pandemic

From Greece to New Zealand and back during a global pandemic

The story:

Why did I go to New Zealand in the first place?

I looked back at my journal before I left Greece.

For almost two years, my spirit felt restless.

Externally, in the eyes of the world, I ‘had it made.’ I was renting a lovely apartment close to the sea in the south of Athens, and I had friends in Marathonas, who rented their apartment to me inexpensively during the summer months.

Greece had endowed me with an abundance of good friends, delicious foods, a sunny, warm climate, and very kind-hearted people all around.

It was here that I had the privilege of awakening to channelling. The Pleiadians first came through in my apartment in Athens. Creatively, the painting and music were blossoming, and my work and business growing. What more could one want you might ask?

I kept asking myself that very same thing. Time and again, I got a similar answer.

‘Bracha, you need to make a huge shift. You are in a rut.’

This was the last thing I wanted to hear. It had taken me several years to build up the kind of social connections and loving friends I’d always dreamed of and to live in one of the most beautiful countries in the world.

Long before Covid, the murmurs of my soul were calling to me. ‘Bracha, it’s time to move. Pack your bags. Get ready for an adventure. It’s not too late. You’re just beginning…’ These were the kinds of messages that repeatedly came in.

The big question was, where to move and when?

Then along came Covid. As soon as Greece went into its first lockdown, I knew I had to move to New Zealand. It was clear. The question was, did I have the courage to move through all my fears?

Flying during a pandemic scared me greatly, especially being in my sixties and, supposedly, in a ‘more vulnerable sector of the population.’ The thought of the very long flights was daunting, and I had nightmares about it for several weeks. On top of that, a strict managed isolation for fourteen days upon arrival was equally terrifying.

As I am on a very restricted diet, arriving in an unknown place and hotel, without knowing the food I would be given, was impossible to contemplate.

It took almost two months to persuade the NZ government to allow me to stay in a managed facility with my own kitchen. As soon as I received that approval, I knew it was time to make my move.

Booking a flight was relatively easy as so few people were travelling at the time. Airlines had all kinds of special offers, and I was able to get a great deal.

Nonetheless, the fears plagued me right up until the very last minute. With just 90 minutes before my first leg of the journey to Dubai, I was still dithering.

My dear friend Eirini was driving me to the airport when I said to her:

‘I’m not sure if I should go…’

She responded, ‘no problem at all. I will drive you wherever you like. Take your time and breathe.’

I did just that.  Within a few minutes I realised that I needed to take the leap.

We hugged, and off I went.  

The trip to the southern hemisphere was much easier than I had anticipated. Everyone was friendly and attentive. Because I was so emotional, much to the coaxing of the flight attendants with various tasty morsels, I couldn’t eat a thing. It was probably good that I fasted for three days en-route, because I had virtually no jet lag once I arrived.

The plane arrived in Auckland and within no time, I was whisked away in a minivan straight to an isolation hotel. After showing my passport to reception, someone pointed to the lift and instructed me to go alone up to my room. I was told I had to remain there for at least the first five days until I had my first negative Covid test result. 

The room was dark, the windows very dirty and although I felt quite scared, tiredness overwhelmed my monkey mind and numbed my emotions. Someone dropped my cases outside my door, and I had to drag them inside myself as no one was allowed into the room. I was treated as though I already had Covid, and I had to abide very strict guidelines. Nurses came daily to take my temperature and ask me a long list of health questions.

Food was delivered daily to my room, and I was fortunate to be able to cook it for myself.

After day five, and thankfully a negative Covid result, I was allowed to book on a walk. What joy! The thought of getting outside for forty-five minutes was overwhelming after being in a ‘prison’ for the first 5 days.

Unfortunately, it was not to be. On that first ‘free’ day, Auckland council decided to stop the walks until further notice. I was dreadfully upset. The next day, however, they were reinstated and I was permitted to go on a walk.

A huge bus arrived, we had to board one by one, supervised by an army cadet, sanitise our hands and sit several seats away from one another. All wearing masks, we were scrutinised intensely by army personnel as we walked up and down a small area near the docks. I was so grateful for this ‘outside time’ and it soon became the highlight of my time in quarantine.

You couldn’t book another walk for the next day. Instead, you had to wait until the day after. Never before had I lived in such a restricted environment. And yet, even with all the challenges, every single person was kind and helpful. This is my lasting memory of those two very long weeks in quarantine.

Once out of ‘prison,’ I had to find a new home for myself. I still didn’t know exactly why I’d come, but I felt relieved to have faced and survived the fears of the journey and the isolation.

Every day I had to find reserves of courage I never knew I had. I stayed in a hotel for a couple of weeks as I began to find my feet. Many people generously reached out from all over New Zealand offering me a place to stay.

I had some very dear friends who lived in Christchurch who repeatedly invited me down. However, after living through the earthquake in Christchurch in 2011, my heart really didn’t want to revisit.

One invitation, however, piqued my interest, but I didn’t do anything about it straight away. When another email came from the same people, I decided to call them and see if we could chat firstly and meet on WhatsApp. It was a young couple with a beautiful doggie.

We hit it off instantly, and within a couple of hours we had agreed to meet that weekend when they could bring me to their place and show me where I could stay.

It was a joyful and inspiring time together and we agreed that I would come and stay with them for a week or two and see how things went.

It ‘felt’ right, and they came all the way into central Auckland to pick me and my cases up and take me to Whangaparaoa.

The place was beautiful, I had a bedroom, an office, and a bathroom. We shared the rest of the house, including the kitchen.

Keep in mind that I had been living happily alone for over 25 years and had not shared a kitchen in a very long time. They were very welcoming and said we’d find a way to make it work.

I had my reservations, which I didn’t listen to, but instead, decided that as I’d been ‘stuck in that rut’ for over two years perhaps it was time to stretch into some new experiences.

They were loving, caring and helpful, but inside, I still felt restless and wanted to find a place of my own.

First, I drove up to Kerikeri, about 4 hours north. I had lived there prior to leaving NZ and it’s a glorious part of the country. Warm climate, not over-populated with its own little airport.

I booked in a little B and B and explored the town. Although I visited all the estate agents, there was very little on the market for rent. I did find something that I thought would work, but I was rejected after applying. I did not get a big yes to stay there. I kept looking for several weeks after, but nothing came up.

Another place I considered was Tauranga. I made 3-4 hour driving trip from Auckland to investigate the area. Within a few hours of exploring, I didn’t get the feeling that this was the place of me. I checked out some of the outlying areas, but nothing there excited me.

In the end, as nothing was working out in other areas, I decided to stay with the young couple for a little while longer. We ended up finding a big house that we were excited to share together. It had its own basement floor with a separate entrance, seemingly perfect for all our needs.

However, from the outset, everything ‘went wrong.’ The energies of the house were heavy, the carpets smelled of cat pee, and from day one, I struggled to make it a home. For several weeks, I tried everything. Nothing seemed to work.

One evening, we had a talk, and I could tell they were relieved when I said I needed to move out and find my own place.

From that point onwards, everything began to fall apart. I searched daily for accommodation. I moved from AirBnb to AirBnb. Whenever I requested to stay somewhere for another week, the answer was always no.

Within the space of a few weeks, I had moved seven times!

It was distressing, exhausting, and demoralising.

Added to that, I had a sad falling out with the young couple as I made my exit. This was very unusual for me as I prided myself on keeping amicable connections with almost everyone from my past.  

With each move, my energy depleted further, and I knew deep inside that it wasn’t going to work out for me in NZ.

It was a very difficult admission to make after everything that had gone into the preparation, the quarantine, the move to the other side of the planet, but I was growing weaker all the time and I needed to make a clear decision.

An angel reached out to me and was available whenever I needed to talk in those last crucial couple of weeks. She encouraged me to make the move.

The trip back to Greece was much more difficult than the outgoing one to NZ. My health was delicate, my energy very low, and Covid rules were even stricter. I had to have several Covid tests, and everything was more emotional and stressful.

In my heart, however, I had no doubt that the move back to Greece was the ‘right’ one and I was finally coming home.

It took several months to get my strength back, and it is only now, almost six months after returning to Greece that I have been able to complete the story and share some insights with you.

NZ was an ending of an old Bracha.

Fortunately, I hadn’t burned all my bridges with Greece. I could still in the apartment in Marathonas with my friends. I nearly lost the apartment by the sea in Athens, and it was at the eleventh hour, when my landlord had already taken a deposit from a future tenant, I rang him and asked him to keep it for me, which, after a nail-biting 24 hours, thankfully, he did.

Anastasia, my dearest friend, while I was in NZ, had emptied out the Athens apartment, packed all my stuff and moved it to her family’s storage place. A few weeks ago, when we met up and unpacked everything and put it all back again.
She remarked:

‘This will be something we will laugh at in our old age!’

What were the great burning learnings that came from my time in NZ that might be valuable for you too?

The Insights:

  • My fears are surmountable: The journey, the quarantine, the ten moves of home in less than six months, the ending of a close relationship. Having walked through the fire, I survived and came through renewed and stronger than before.

This quote from Winnie the Pooh summarises it perfectly:

‘You’re braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and stronger and smarter than you think.’

  • Trust your inner voice. When in a vulnerable position, it can be tempting to take the ‘easy way out.’ To stay where you are out of comfort or fear of making a mistake or a big change. It could be in a marriage, a relationship, where you live, your work, your health.

    Right from the outset, knew it wouldn’t be ‘right’ for me to live with other people I had just met, yet I went against that internal knowing. This had extremely painful consequences for all concerned.

Are you trusting your inner voice in all life areas?

“As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.” – Johan Wolfgang Von Goethe

The intense and painful times in NZ strengthened me internally. Although in Greece I had the external comforts, I still needed to stretch and grow more on the inside. Now, I consciously live life from the inside out and it feels so much more authentic and in alignment with my true nature.

  • Don’t rush headlong into new relationships, no matter how ‘wonderful’ someone may seem. Take time to experience the person in different situations and on ‘good’ and ‘less than good’ days. Do they discuss issues, or do they avoid them? Are they willing to stay through the rough times as well as the smooth ones? How do they react during a time of crisis and pressure? If something doesn’t feel quite right at the outset, trust that message.
  • Don’t speak out when you are emotionally distressed. The falling out with the young couple came at a time when I was extremely stressed. The burning learning is: NEVER to utter a word to someone feeling out of balance, off centre and deeply upset.

If I have learned just this one lesson, the trip to NZ will have been worthwhile.

If someone is pushing you to respond when you are upset or angry, and you don’t want to talk, either remove yourself physically or shut your mouth and don’t speak until you have had time to calm down. Words said from a place of heightened emotion can be misconstrued and very painful for the recipient.

  • Honour your own needs and respect your boundaries. If you know you must have plenty of time alone and you need your own space, don’t relinquish it, especially if the relationship is a relatively new one. Sometimes things may have to explode in your face if you’re not getting the message that your higher self is trying to communicate to you. I’ve learned to tell the truth about a situation when I know in my heart it’s not working.
  • Know when to move on.
    Once I was dealing with cat pee, stinky carpets and drains, I should have moved out immediately. Instead, I tried to make compromises and excuses.
    I dragged out the agony instead of knowing when to let go and move on. Face your fears and don’t run from them.

‘Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.’
Lao Tzu

  • Even during the hardest of times, there is always help, there is always a light. I learned to trust and to be willing to reach out and ask.

Despite the challenges, I met some beautiful people with whom I have strong and enduring bonds of affection. I met a wonderful healer who has imparted much of his wisdom which has added a great deal to the depth of my work.

Now that I am back in Greece, I appreciate everything on a much deeper level.

I calmer inside having faced so many fears.

I appreciate having a home more than ever before.

My determination to learn Greek has intensified and I am taking regular lessons.

If you are stuck in your life, or hearing similar messages about another life area, listen. You’ll be so glad you plucked up the courage to make a move, to speak out, to change career, to walk your spiritual path.

As our world continues to go through immense shifts and changes, we are all going through huge adjustments and learn ing how to step through our fears. 

Can you trust? Will you take the leap? Will you face your biggest fears? Will you honour your essence?

My heart is with you and cheering you on!

2021 – 2022 Astrology Predictions and Potentials

Hi everybody! Here are my predictions for the possible potentials for the year 2021-2022.

2021 has got quite a different flavour to 2020. 2020 is a very cardinal year with all these cardinal aspects: Mars retrograde in Aries. Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto in Capricorn. The seeding of a New Earth has been initiated.

As astrologers, we always look at the outer planets when we want to look further ahead. We look at the planets that move more slowly so we can get an idea of the kind of cycle that we’re in. Let’s look at Pluto: Pluto was found in 1930 and it coincided with the birth pill, splitting the atom and the creation of the Bomb, and the invention or the finding of the computer chip.

Pluto is connected with power and is will be in Capricorn until 2024. It’s likely we have several more years of pulling down old structures and creating new ones that are more equitable for every person on our planet. Rather than the few who run our world now, a more horizontal kind of power is likely to emerge.

As we move towards Pluto in Aquarius, around 2024 / 2025, the potential is for us to move away from the top-down energy towards the Aquarian energy which is the collective reaching out and equality for everybody no matter who you are, where you’re from, whatever your background is. That’s what we’re moving towards. However, the aspects show that during 2021, chances are we’re still going to be dealing with issues to do with authorities, rules, regulations and how we structure our world. We’re living amidst the chaos of the dismantling of structures: financial, education, social, political, ecological.  We may see old structures crumbling further during 2021.  

Neptune was sighted in 1846. Prior to 1846, if you wanted to have an image or a portrait made, it had to be either sketched or painted or sculpted. In 1847 came the widespread development of a camera and everything to do with visual communications, videos and film. Neptune is in Pisces runtil 2025 encouraging us to raise our spiritual temperature, finding compassion, finding unity and the higher octave of love.  

Neptune can also create confusion, delusion, disillusionment, betrayals, dishonesty. On the opposite end of all of that, on the highest level, we are stretching and reaching towards understanding that we are all interconnected with everything seen and unseen.

Uranus was sighted in 1781 and by 1783 there was the first unmanned balloon flight. Man began to fly in the air intentionally, rather than falling off mountains or tall buildings. We began to learn how to work with the air. Uranus has everything to do with our development of space and technology and this area has blossomed more and more.

Uranus is in Taurus until 2025. Taurus rules our financial systems and Uranus shakes everything up that is no longer working. Uranus is in Taurus until 2025 which is likely to cause huge, erratic turbulences within markets. Uranus rules digitalisation and chances are, we’re probably going to see a digital currency emerging. More ways of exchanging services online without using physical cash will likely emerge, because gradually we’re getting away from touching anything.

Saturn goes into Aquarius at the end of 2020 along with Jupiter. This is marking the end of a long cycle where Saturn and Jupiter have been conjunct in Earth signs for the last 200 years. We’ve had the industrial revolution, the use of fossil fuels, pollution damaging our environment, and now we move into a much lighter, air frequency.  We’re likely to have more solar energy, wind energy and free energy.

There will be more focus upon energy medicine, energy healing. Several years ago, in my 2020-2030 seminar, I said that we’re going to be moving away from people because Aquarius is not touchy feely. Aquarius likes a lot of space around it and it doesn’t like huggy and kissy sort of stuff. It doesn’t mean to say that if you’re an Aquarius you don’t like it, it’s just that Aquarius needs a lot of space to be an individual so this is a time where the individual needs to be respected. The Dignity of Difference as Rabbi Sacks called it in his book – respecting the differences between us and begin working as a whole. This is the bigger picture we’re working towards.

We’re having to clear the air but in that process some of the dangers are that we become dehumanized. When I went to Austria recently, just for one night, I noticed that you don’t touch anything when going in a lift. There are many places already that have this method. It’s only one person at a time in a lift, no touching and no buttons to press. In the airports now, there is a lesser need to touch. I think we’re transitioning into an era where there is less touching and we’re going to have work more with mental energy.  

Air is connected with mind energy, using the power of thought to manifest rather than working with physical matter which is much denser. With the reset of the economy and many jobs dissolving, many people are working from home and we are moving towards AI technology. Menial or repetitive jobs are going to be done by robots and humans will not be needed for those kinds of things. There’s a sea of change in work and finance due to the transit of Uranus in Taurus.

What is special about this year 2021?

The main aspect resonating throughout this year is the square between Saturn in Aquarius and Uranus in Taurus. A square is an uncomfortable aspect which is great. When things are going well, people tend to go to sleep.  You can’t go to sleep during a square of Saturn and Uranus especially in fixed signs. Saturn is about restriction and Uranus is about freedom. There are going to be many issues coming up globally around restrictions of freedoms. We’re already seeing it, but chances are we’re going to see more protests, more riots, more demonstrations, more demands for freedom.

This is likely to be a tense time. You could compare this energy with the example of being around somebody you really don’t like and finding a way to see the world from their perspective. Polarities are likely to be magnified and there’s probably going to be fighting. It might be verbal fighting but it will be this sense of “don’t pin me in” and “don’t tell me what to do” alongside with “these are the rules” and “this is what you’re going to do otherwise you will be fined”.

Privacy is all but over. Cameras are going to be on us all the time and you will be traceable wherever you are on the planet.  We’re beginning to learn that we are a global community that is all connected on one planet. Communities will begin to emerge and create their own set of rules outside the existing system. People will begin to work with the earth and nature in harmonious and constructive ways.  

Disruptive weather patterns and earth events are likely with this square. We need to acknowledge what we’ve done wrong, what is unhealthy and then begin to correct it.  The square energy will motivate more people to act than ever before because it will be so uncomfortable, the discomfort will be so much that you’ve got to make a move, you’ve got to make a change.

This is not a comfortable year but it’s a year in which I think we’re going to see huge changes to the educational system especially with the eclipses in Gemini and Sagittarius. More parents will want to home school their children and learning on the internet will become commonplace.

Gradually we are moving towards the merging of biology and technology. We need to find ethical and valuable ways of melding the two.

The Aquarian energy will encourage us to develop our use of the airwaves, especially energy. There are likely to be some very exciting developments.

With Uranus in Taurus, the need to make sure that every person on our planet has their needs met will be mandatory. Millionaires and billionaires may be targeted and their philanthropic gestures will not be enough for the people. Politically, we’re going to see huge changes with some regimes falling. With the nodes in the mutable signs, there is every chance that the virus may mutate and we have to mutate as well and learn how to change and adapt to it.

We need to come together because the only outer planet that is in rulership of the outer planets is Neptune in Pisces. This gives it the potential to have the strongest effect. More and more people are going to get in touch with their spirituality and the meaning of life. 2021 is this year of breaking out of your limitations, breaking out of fixed habit patterns.

Maybe it’s your health, maybe it’s your relationships, maybe it’s your work, whatever it is and keep stretching beyond the limits. For example, if a plant is in a small pot, it cannot grow beyond the circumference of that pot. If you replant it in a bigger pot, it can grow bigger. How big is your pot? Are you going to extend yourself even if it feels uncomfortable? We are in the process of birthing into a new world.

There’s every chance that stock markets are going to continue to rise for a while as the system is propped up artificially. It’s likely that gold and silver will go up considerably although there will be very volatile and big swings in different directions, same with the cryptocurrencies. If you can keep in mind and keep resonating at that highest level, know that structures are falling, know that we’re going through this massive change, know that we’re in the same boat we’re not in different boats and we’re in one boat. How can we learn to get along with one another? That’s going to be the challenge of 2021.

Money, the Economy, post COVID: What does the astrology say? Transcript of video

14th May 2020 | Live stream 17:00 GMT; 19:00 CET; 13:00 EST; 10:00 PT

Regarding the situation with the dog, Bracha does not want to have the dog put down. It’s a difficult situation with the neighbours who are the owners of the dog and they have not sorted out the situation with the dog barking at night. Bracha would like the dog to be re-homed to a more suitable family.

Beginning: In our economy, there is a large Ponzi scheme, there are 6 central banks who are running the show. These banks print money out of thin air therefore there is little value to it. Interest rates are down to 0 or nearly and some places are in the negative.

08:01: The nodes have changed signs, the South node is in Sagittarius and it shows it is our collective responsibility for having lived over our means, living beyond our needs.

08:25: Jupiter, ruler of Sagittarius, has just gone retrograde in Capricorn. Pluto, Saturn and Jupiter in Capricorn so there is a lot of Capricorn energy.

09:45 – Bracha explains why there is a problem with the currency and why it’s becoming worthless in layman terms.

11:14 – It’s a very dangerous game what the banks are playing at. With Sagittarius in the South node, going over the top and going to extremes. We had extremes especially since 2008 (“Credit Crunch”) when Pluto went into Capricorn, this was a time when the economy should have failed and some banks should have gone, that’s when things should have been corrected at that point. Now there is another Jupiter return in Capricorn, Pluto is still in Capricorn, you can’t solve a debt problem by creating more debt.

12:20 – Bracha sees hyperinflation in food and services and a deflation in stocks, bonds, property. How do you get rid of debt? You have to deflate everything.

13:18 – The system as it is isn’t going to survive. Uranus in Taurus, we’re in for some surprises.

14:00 – The stock markets are going up whilst millions of people have lost their jobs? How can that be? Bracha gives her viewpoint, banks bailing out big corporations whilst giving small amounts to ordinary people and wiping out the wealth of most people. That’s why Bracha has been upset and couldn’t make a video about it until today.

15:25 – There will be a downturn and debt could implode. It is possible that they could create a crypto currency but it will be another fake currency and it will collapse. We have a false economy based on false values such as greed. It’s untenable. In the long run, Bracha thinks the economy effects will be great but in the short term, the effects are going to be very uncomfortable.

16:15 – How can we prepare? What can we do?

  • Gold and silver are real commodities. With Uranus in Taurus, it looks at the tangible.
  • If you’re buying a house with cash or you’re going to take out a small debt, it’s ok but if you take out debt to buy properties, the chances are you are going to get into trouble when this downturn occurs.

Bracha states she is not financial expert, Bracha wants to look at the overall picture from astrology point of view. Bracha recommends Ray Merriman, Financial Astrologer, Mike Maloney, Egon von Greyerz.

 19:00 – We must stop living beyond our means, this is what the South node in Sagittarius indicates. Bracha recommends planting a garden in case of a food shortage; growing and exchanging between each other. Also, Uranus in Taurus is about communities and coming together. Back to basics with this Capricorn energy and South node in Sagittarius is about reigning it.

20:55 – We need an honest system, the current system is dishonest. The current system is about gambling and stock markets. Uranus in Taurus takes us back to our basics and what we really need; medicine, food etc. These areas are needed. We need to equalise the inequalities. We can’t take more from nature than what we need.

22:50 – Which industries are good? Technology, technology support, artificial intelligence, robotics, food, healthcare, cleaning products, sanitation, delivery companies, digital payments, cyber security, online education. The losers; aviation, tourism, retail, professional sports, cinemas.

Anything that you make with your hands will be valuable because the North node is in Gemini. The Gemini energy is about using your hands and dexterity.

24:58 – Uranus in Taurus likes nice things that last. Something durable. It’s a shake up to build things of quality. Coming together as communities and sharing for all of our needs.

26:35 – Wouldn’t you want something that is handmade which is made from love and it has quality?

27:02 – We, the people, need to take responsibility for the Earth, nature, the money system and the future. Uranus is about the future.

27:51 – People are adaptable and these nodes are going to show us that we must be even more adaptable.

28:40 – Things that you create with your hands rather than with machines will be far more valuable than mass produced plastic, flimsy items. Unique is the way forward.

30:13 – We’ve got to face the consequences of what’s happened. We need to detox the financial world.

30:50 – Our new world will be flooded with new inventions and new amazing things. Now we’ve got to help each other to transition. Also, we can begin to appreciate the free things all around us; nature, music, art, conversation. There are going to be other values rather than this debt and materialism. We have to move towards sustainability.

32:20 – Look at how you can be inventive with what you have or giveaway items to someone else who really needs it if you don’t,

33:20 – Be careful when you are clearing out your space, keep things which are good quality and you do need. You don’t need to buy the same item again and again. We need to learn not to take more from the Earth more than what’s we truly  need.

33:44 – “Let me take not take more than I really need”. If this becomes our motto for this Uranus in Taurus era until 2025, it will re-balance and heal very quickly. Look at nature reviving already during lockdown. Reduce the wants and focus on your needs.

35:00 –Invest in tangibles, invest in your mind, knowledge and thinking, invest in your talents, your abilities and your learning. Be ready to be a little more flexible. Offer a helping hand to one another.

36:02 – We’ve been stopped in our tracks by the virus. We have to be very careful not to go back into our old habit patterns. Question what you really need.

36:55 – Uranus in Taurus is about being aware, an awakening of what you are grateful and being in a state of gratitude all the time. Appreciating the small things, the people in your life, the community, the support, good thoughts, and good vibes, it all goes a long, positive way.

38:55 – The world of construction, energy, sustainable energy is going to change. There needs to be a fairer system rather than everything going to the 1 percent.

39:50 – Start getting ingenious about how we use our resources, our time, energy and currency. Not to be so wasteful.

41:50 – Question how wasteful you are. Don’t waste words, make them count. The North node in Gemini can be gossipy. The words are like diamonds, they can heal, they can heal frequencies. Energy healing is coming in stronger.

42:42 – Saying prayers, giving thanks, using ingenuity and your mind, speaking out, creating community, these are the directions which we are moving towards.

44:03 – Thanks, gratitude, appreciation, love and farewell. Do something soothing and loving for yourself.

Pluto Saturn Conjunction 2020

PLUTO / SATURN CONJUNCTION January 12th 2020

I have had a lot of messages and comments from people who have been feeling quite concerned about some of the aspects that have been talked about in the astrological community, especially the Saturn Pluto conjunction coming up at the beginning of 2020.

For those of you who were born in 1982 – 83 and 1947- 48, you will have a Saturn Pluto conjunction in your natal chart. This is extremely powerful. Our world is more connected than ever. Our systems of government, the economy, health, education, are all in the process of huge change.

What astrology can show us is a roadmap to guide us through the cycle we are coming into both personally and globally, and how to use it in an empowering way.

I find it disheartening when astrology is sometimes used to fearmonger and to create panic. Astrology, in my view, helps to shine a light upon our path, to facilitate our journey on earth.

We are going through a huge shift and similar planetary configurations to those coming up in 2020, have occurred only twice in the last 2000 years.

It will undoubtedly bring chaos. Pluto, the so-called dwarf planet, was discovered in 1930, the time of the splitting of the atom when we moved into a nuclear age. We now have the power to destroy ourselves completely. Prior to that, there were world wars, but we didn’t have the ability to annihilate ourselves.

This is a huge time on planet earth. The conjunction of Pluto and Saturn gives you the opportunity to find your personal power, and as a collective a chance to use our power in a positive way. Are we going to continue to use it to destroy, to spend our money on military and fighting one another?

Or are we going to find ways to build new structures that will be constructive for all of us? The choice is ours.

Capricorn is associated with governments and big corporations. Many of these large organisations are getting stronger, and those that are past their sell by date are fighting to keep their power.

Notice where there are structures in our world that are hanging on for dear life. Yet they are coming to an end.

Look at the major religions. For approximately the last 5000 years, the religions have been largely masculine, patriarchal. With the South Node in Capricorn, there is a strong pull to continue this lineage. However, the North Node in Cancer is pulling us towards the integration of the feminine, and the sacred.

For those of you who are alive right now, this is a wonderful opportunity for transformation and for awakening. We are moving away from the focus on the masculine, the linear energy. With the South Node in Capricorn at the same time of the Pluto Saturn conjunction, we have great potential for planetary transformation.

Many people say – what can one person achieve? You, as one person now are deeply connected with the whole. We are not separate. We are moving towards Divine Will. The balancing of my will and Divine Will.

Are we going to build economies that are just and fair?

How are we going to create these new nurturing structures?

Many old structures are likely to crumble. Many of them do need to go, don’t they? Are you entirely happy with your government, the health service, the economy, our earth, how we are treating our planet and its inhabitants? Do you sense there are changes to come?

Pluto and Saturn and the South Node in Capricorn, is the most wonderful opportunity to look at the areas we fear, the dramas – where are you getting sucked into drama?

It is a time for power and how you use your personal power. How consciously you use it. Are you being aggressive? I notice it in myself. On a very crowded bus and people are piling on and someone is banging me with a rucksack and an elbow, and I feel a certain anger coming up inside me. I don’t like it. Can you become aware of a build of your frustrations? Can you use it constructively?

The potential with these aspects brings great hope for the future: more and more people are living to well over 100 years, strong, with all their abilities, not tottery and doddery. Scientists predict that 120 years will be the new norm.

Pluto has to do with the miniaturisation of technology. Some experts say that we will have nanobots that will be inserted into the body and will clean the blood, dealing with viruses and bacteria, keeping you healthy all the time, despite what you eat!

The north node in Cancer encourages us to bring the feminine energies into our world and our structures. Huge changes are afoot with many of the major religions: for the first time in over 600 years, there are 2 Popes. Continued conflict and unrest is going on in the Middle East with Palestine and the Israel. Even the Dalai Lama has said there will not be another Dalai Lama.

We will be looking at our use of TIME. Saturn will redefine time. What are you being too rigid about? Wherever this aspect falls in your chart will show you where structures that don’t support you need to come down and it brings an opportunity for a rebirth, both personally and for our planet.

We are moving into the Age of Aquarius out of the Age of Pisces. Pisces is duality with two fish going in opposite directions. The Age of Aquarius is about the end of duality and bringing things together with the emergence of a New Human Being.

I hope this article, despite the challenges ahead, gives you a new and more constructive way to view these upcoming aspects.