- Astrology, Humanity and the CoronavirusContinue reading →by Kaliyani SundariWhat could the present microcosmic war against a virus have to do with Babylonia, Sumerian history and the beginning of the establishment of a new world consciousness and order? Our current cosmic planetary and stellar alignments are pointing to what's possibly the rarest of parallels between our present and our ancient past. Could we use this subtle sign post in natural law to assist us in navigating and transitioning from our current chaotic, vulnerable and unstable global condition? This is an attempt to doing just that and planting the seed for further exploration.As soon as we began this new 2020 year, around mid January, a unique and very much talked about conjunction between the planets Saturn and Pluto also happened, while in the shadows, lured the beginning of a viral infection that slowly built its way into our current pandemic. Aside from all challenging circumstances it has brought, it's important to become aware that, on the other hand, our precious mother Earth, our beloved Terra-Gaia home, is certainly breathing better and deeply detoxifying, simply because us humans, her unconscious children, are now on lockdown and thus locked out of our toxic affairs, factories, cars, etc. Let's take a moment to really take this in.Saturn in astrology is loosely referred to as a "malefic" planet, together with Mars and sometimes Pluto. Though such a term can be misleading at times, it denotes that these planets, especially Saturn and Pluto are powerful catalysts for our most painful growing lessons and transformation. Saturn represents Time, Karma, Restrictions, Structures, Law, Government, Discipline, Responsibility, Obligation, and Ambition. Pluto represents Power, Death, Rebirth, Transformation, Exorcism and Evolution; and has often been throughout history found to be inherently involved at times of war.Jupiter, though usually considered a Benefic planet, representing Luck, Growth, Expansion, Optimism, Abundance, Understanding, Travel, Learning, and Teaching; when associated with this duo of Saturn and Pluto, it can become an amplifier for all other things, at least on the surface, apparently not so great.Saturn had been in Capricorn, its ruling sign, thus in its full strength and exalted, since December of 2017 and Jupiter had entered Capricorn just this past December of 2019, when on January of this 2020 year, Pluto, which had been there since 2008, and Saturn, met at the same exact degree, forming the long anxiously awaited conjunction. This was also about the time when the first viral infections, even though unbeknownst to most, began to appear. By mid-March they were all 10 degrees of each other and by then, the pandemic had started to become a conscious global reality. If that were not enough, Mars and the Moon joined the stellium, however, on March 21-22, "luckily", Saturn moved temporarily into Aquarius for a short time where it will stay for around 3 months, until July 1st, while Jupiter, expanding Plutonian energies will remain in Saturn's sign of Capricorn.Could Saturn's temporary move out of Capricorn mean we're being given a chance to integrate and process its karmic impact from January to March, so we could gain a little more perspective on how to handle the future when it returns? Possibly! Come July, Saturn will retrograde back to join Pluto and Jupiter again in Capricorn for the whole Summer, and beginning in October, all of them will be moving forward together, this time closer, only 6 degrees from each other, until mid December 2020.Even though these two planets, Saturn and Pluto, conjunct in average every 33-34 years - 3 times per century - they do it in different signs, and the last time they were conjunct in Saturn's own sign of Capricorn, maximizing its potency, it was just for a few brief months in the late fall of the pre-historic year of 1894 BCE ! Looking at what was happening then, that was a time when the ancient city of Babylon was established by the amorite King, Samu Abum. In the following few decades that followed, a new establishment took its roots, and during King Hammurabi's empire, a whole new order established itself, which consequences, to this day, for better or worse, still affects and influences us.However, though similar, our current astrological confluences are, believe it or not, much more unique than that. Unlike our Babylonian counterpart's astrological aspects, in which Saturn left Capricorn before Jupiter transited Pluto, our current conjunction between Saturn, Pluto and Jupiter in the sign of Capricorn, is so extraordinarily unique that, in addition to the fact that it'll last almost an entire year, such astrological configuration in Capricorn has actually never occurred until now for 6,594 years! That's right. This circumstance we are in may have only had a similar parallel in early pre-history circa 4,500 BCE !What can the relationship between that time in pre-history and today be? Can we draw a parallel and attempt to gain clarity, even if in a broad sense, as to what we could be facing at this point in time?Looking back around 6,500 years ago, that places us pre-historically around the Ubaid period of Mesopotamia. The Ubaid period is still very shrouded in mystery as they are seen as a more advanced people that were the original settlers of the region of Sumer, but were not the same people we came to later call Sumerians.Â"The first settlers were not Sumerians but a people of unknown origin whomÂarchaeologists have termed the Ubaid people - from the excavated mound of al-Ubaid whereÂthe artifacts were uncovered which first attested to their existence - or the Proto-ÂEuphrateans which designates them as earlier inhabitants of the region of the EuphratesÂRiver.  Whoever these people were, they had already moved from a hunter-gatherer societyÂto an agrarian one prior to 5000 BCE". (Ref. Ancient History Encyclopedia)Who came later? Who were these people that changed everything from what it was and reshaped us to whom we are today as a race?Regardless of who they were, from a wide perspective, looking that far back at the place which we refer to be the beginning of your civilized history, in Sumerian pre-historical translations, we will find both the beginning of the establishment of Kingship and that of the first institutionalized religions, beginning with Judaism, which is intrinsically connected to the establishment of Kingship in the Sumero-Akkadian periods, giving rise to the old testament, soon followed by the establishment of the Roman Catholic Church and later Islamism. Together, we can see that these past events point to what can be viewed as the culprits of the early Patriarchal establishment.The Kings were considered to be the middle-men between those ancient alien gods, possibly a demiurge, and the management of the Earthlings. Did such "astronaut" gods leave precise instruction as to what should the new establishment be and how it should be established? Or did their local representatives distort their directives to fit some other agenda?Regardless, since then, what we have witnessed is the growing abuse of power in religious institutions and governments exploiting their people; blunt white-male supremacy, the brutal repression and enslavement of women and non-white people, the rivalry between nations and the establishment of war. In sum, what we have been witnessing over a few millennia, is the establishment of an energetically and spiritually obscure kingdom of Earth-Damaging-Narcissistic-Greed, which is slowly corroding the fabric of all that we deem most sacred. As a curious thought, if we were to look at its energetic acronym, EDNGR, it reveals in code the hidden message: Endanger. Curious coincidence?! The kingdom of Endanger, In Danger, EdenAnger, End the Anger...?I wonder, could we be about to be visited by some other sky "gods"?If Saturn represents Karma, could these beings be coming to help humanity reverse this dire social-economic trend and decrepit state of morals and consciousness? Could we be witnessing the beginning of a Kaliesque chopping of ego-heads necessary to end this cursory path and shift us towards a much more benign fate?I choose to believe that things can't possibly head in any worse direction than we have been now for a long while, so why not imagine the best outcome of all possibilities?Regardless of what may ultimately happen, I strongly recommend that we tighten our seatbelts and put our helmets on, as it looks like we may be on for a rough landing into a new reality, in which, I envision we may have to (happily) dump our Fossil fuel mid-air and open the luggage compartment to leave all that old baggage behind.May Spirit bless us all, and this new world we are about to be birthed into.May the shock of this landing serve to awaken us to a greater spiritual reality so that we may begin to understand the importance of becoming true allies to one another in stewarding the nurturing and protection of this magnificently beautiful planet home and learn the true meaning of LOVE for the first time.                                                                  ~*~By Kaliyani SundariAll copyrights reservedKaliyani Sundari is a Spiritually Inspired Visionary and a passionate midwife to the rebirth of the Sacred Feminine in our global conscience today. Her purpose is expressed in all her work as a musical artist, writer, producer and facilitator of sacred circles. For more on Kaliyani visit www.kaliyani.com;
- Double Vision: Feathers from Spirit?Continue reading →
In 1999, I lost a very important person in my life. We were high school sweethearts and soon to be married when he died in a forest fire he was helping to put out. I was left with nothing; he had been my life for seven years, and then was taken away. I've gone on with my life because I've had to, but held on to his memory and love. Ever since his death, I have found white and black feathers in odd places. At every sad point in my life, a feather appears, and every time I think of him I somehow know that everything will be okay. I've always hoped these feathers represent his love for me. Is it really him, or is it just coincidence? My birthdate: 7/27/80. His was 10/21/79. Thank you very much.
- Viv
Dreamchaser:
Viv, I am sorry for your pain. Death ROCKS for those doing it. It is horrible for those left behind. Thank you so much for asking this question because people so often brush these things off as "coincidences."
YES! Feathers are gifts from the Otherworld. There are stories in every country and language of the world about finding feathers in places associated with one who has passed over. Put "finding feathers" in a search engine, and see how many stories you come up with that sound just like yours. Birds that are your animal guides or totems can also drop them. Finding feathers is a VERY common spiritual occurrence.
A few important points to recognize when finding a feather are where it was found, what type of bird it came from, and what it could mean to/ for you. For example, a dove is the bird of peace, so finding a dove feather would mean that there is peace around you. Seagulls teach us about proper diet. You can find your own message depending on what type of bird the feather came from.
Here's a great exercise from a book called Animal Speak by Ted Andrews. He writes:
"1. Choose a day on which the air is perfectly still. Take any feather, go outside and sit under a tree.
2. Allow yourself to relax and just breathe deeply.
3. Then slowly raise the feather above your head with both hands, and then lower it to just in front of your mouth.
4. Now slowly and gently blow upon the feather. As you do, move it with your hand as if it is being carried by your breath.
5. To enhance the effect, whistle a soft childhood tune that you remember upon your feather. If you have a penny whistle or a flute, tie the feather to it and play the tune.
In just a few minutes, the air spirits and archetypal forces linked to that feather will become active. The tree leaves will rustle. You may see some leaves or dust swirl upon the ground. You will feel a breeze begin to pick up. Bird activity around you will increase.
This is a simple exercise, but it is one that helps awaken a realization of the force of air. It provides for you a quick confirmation that feathers are wonderful tools to connect with those forces and spiritual beings that work with them."
Viv - you can connect to your love. He left the feathers and he is trying to say, "HEY, I AM HERE!" So try this exercise and see if you can feel his energy all around you in the wind. For those readers who have feathers dropped by birds, go out and feel the bird's power and use the bird's traits as tools in your own life. Get to know your totem bird.
I wish you expanding knowledge.
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Astrea:
One of the things that always strikes me when I read for Leos is how much sorrow they often bear so young. I am so sorry for your loss. Leos seem to have more grief early in life than anyone else in the Zodiac. It's just one of those astrological things.
Fortunately, Leos also have more resilience. I don't know if your coping mechanism is better because it HAS to be, or if it's better because it is tested at such a tender age, but it's true: Leos will overcome things that many of us just couldn't. You should be proud of yourself for being able to move on with your life, no matter how sad you are at losing the person you loved the most in the world. He was very sad to leave you too.
One WONDERFUL thing about Leos is your ability to recognize a SIGN when you see one! You are absolutely not imagining that your friend is leaving those black and white feathers for you to find. When you need to feel that he is close to you, that you aren't all alone in this big, scary world, those feathers will turn up. I'm sure he leaves them in places you would least expect to find them, so that they will make more of an impression on you. I see that he also has kept his sense of humor, and finds fun places to leave them for you when you're happy, not only when you're sad or upset about something! He'll always let you know his opinion on things, and he'll continue to leave feathers for you for the rest of your life.
He leaves them for you when he knows that you're facing some difficulty or hurt, and also when he is trying to get you to pay attention to something important. What he's trying to show you now is that this man you've recently met meets his approval. I know you didn't mention him in your question, but your friend tells me you've been wondering if this guy can be your partner for this lifetime, and he assures me that he can be THE one. He doesn't want you to miss this chance to find new happiness, and he is NOT ONE BIT JEALOUS; he's glad that you can be with someone nice until you see each other again.
He watches over you all that he can, and he'll be glad when you're reunited again, but he wants you to live your life with joy. Death can never separate two people who love each other like you two do, but he wants you to love someone else now, someone who can be with you while you're here. I'm so glad he was able to find something you would recognize as coming DIRECTLY from him. You couldn't know it better if you had arranged it before he died.
Those feathers he leaves for you are plucked from his wings.
Astrea:
Many times in life we hear, "You will always have what you NEED, but not necessarily what you WANT." Your spirit must have needed to experience the feeling of leaving your human body, and the suggestion in the next chapter of Sylvia Brown's book was all it took to get you there.
Even though you hadn't read it yet, your SOUL recognized the title of that chapter as something it had been seeking, and your soul, knowing that you had that reference to read after your experience, got with it and out you went!
While I don't usually recommend her books, Sylvia Brown has a wide reaching and powerful effect on lots of people. A Gemini like you would be able to relate easily to her writing and put it to good use. Synchronicity - you gotta love it!
I like your description of "getting caught." That's exactly what it feels like, isn't it? One minute you're free and hovering above the room, and the next minute, ZAP! back down into your corporeal form you go!
As a little kid, I loved that "feeling of return." With practice, most of the time we can control that event, but sometimes, when our physical ears hear a distracting noise or something else occurs to knock us back into reality, back we go. With practice you will be able to control your return better.
I find it interesting that you were visiting your mother-in-law and not someone in your own genetic family. Evidently, you and your husband got married for reasons that are even deeper than love. His family's interest in "psychic stuff" will nurture your children in such matters and help them to grow into their own abilities.
You'll never have to be concerned that when your daughter visits them, she'll be discouraged from exploring her own psychic life and power. My parents encouraged me to develop my psychic senses in a time when it wasn't nice to even discuss such things in public. Heck, it's STILL not considered a great topic at the dinner table in some families!
Your kids will get to talk about it ALL and ask questions and read and study. This is going to give them such an edge in life! Talk with your husband about how you want to present this to your kiddos, so that you are united in your approach and ready to tell them their experiences are all natural and okay.
A word or two of warning: Geminis often have difficulty staying grounded in REAL LIFE. Don't get so strung out on your ASTRAL life that you neglect what you're doing here on Earth.
You are at the beginning of a long journey to learn where your power really lies. Try to be patient with this process and take your time.