Transiting - October 8 through October 13, 2017

The Sun is in GATE 57, INTUITION and the Earth is in GATE 51, SHOCK from Sunday, October 8, through Friday, October 13.

We are highly intuitive this week. There is true clarity to be had. It's really important during this time to trust your intuition. It defies logic. Plus, your BS meter is especially on point due to this intuitive understanding. Listen to what people have to say with your right ear and you will instinctively know the truth of the matter.

I have this gate defined in my chart and I actually find it difficult to understand what people are saying to me at all with my left ear. I have to position myself so that people are on my right side or I spend the entire time asking them to repeat themselves. It's like my body is forcing me to use my right ear and tune into my intuition. And it's true, I simply know when someone is not in alignment with their integrity and I must not have a poker face, because often they know I know. Awkward.

The other side of this coin is the fear of the future. Because intuition works in the now and our powers of perception do not extend to the future. The future can feel scary. Just keep in mind, if we can just trust what our intuition is telling us now and follow our authority, there's no reason to fear the future. The future will work itself out. 

What is grounding us during these six days is the GATE of SHOCK. This is a competitive energy that thrives on shocking events and behavior. It is also an energy that draws shocking experiences to us to trigger personal growth. This is the Gate of the Shaman who must be tested to find enlightenment. Maybe we need a little shock treatment this week to bring us back down to earth from all that intuitive knowing. 

So during these six days we have the opportunity to use our very powerful, penetrating intuition to react with precision to potentially shocking behavior or events. We have unusually good clarity right now as well, IF we can trust ourselves and each other. Because we are ALL experiencing these gifts together.

If the people around you have intuitive insights, trust them. And if we have to shock someone into understanding our insights or be shocked into understanding someone else's insights, so be it.

This should be fun. Enjoy the ride.    

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Transiting - October 3 through October 7, 2017

Transiting - October 2, through October 7, 2017, in beautiful Los Angeles.

The Sun now moves into the Gate of DEPTH and the Earth is in the gate of THE TREASURER. The Gate of DEPTH can be tricky energy. Those of us who have it defined every day know full well. We feel compelled to go deep because we never truly have the sense that we know enough. This right here is the fear of inadequacy. As with all Splenic energies, it truly is a short lived fear in the moment and if we just push through that feeling of inadequacy, the fear will dissipate. That's easier said than done of course. If we don't push through, it may hold us back. This week we may initially feel like we we need to do more research, study more, know more before we are willing to take action.

What's grounding us is the Gate of the TREASURER. This is the energy for controlling resources. So yes, this is a good time to focus on your budget and planning your finances (especially with this extra impulse to research in depth). But in the context of the Sun in the Gate of Depth, it may also manifest as the compulsion to control things or situations to alleviate that fear of inadequacy. But the Earth has a grounding effect, so maybe that's not so bad. If being a little controlling about circumstances can make you feel more confident and less fearful, why not? 

As always, these energies are affecting all of us. So be patient when you find the people around you hesitating more than you'd like or being somewhat controlling. You know exactly where they are coming from so have compassion.

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Transiting: September 26 through October 1, 2017

Transiting today, Tuesday, September 26, 2017 through Sunday, October 1, 2017 in beautiful Los Angeles, CA:

The Sun is in Gate 18, CORRECTION, and the Earth is in Gate 17, OPINIONS. So we intuitively know when something is off and how to tweak it in order to improve its quality. This is an opportunity for excellence. The energy of the book editor. Does it not suck the joy out of reading when we come across a typo? So frustrating. We need this energy for correction in the world to experience that specific joy of a typo free, well edited book. What's grounding us during this time also are our opinions. We are FULL of strong opinions but ironically, these are not necessarily correct opinions, they're just opinions.

Long story short, there is STRONG energy here for MANSPLAINING and yes, FEMSPLAINING. Hoo boy, do we want to tell people something about something this week!

Tread softly my friends. We will be compelled to point out flaws and offer our, hopefully intuitive, opinions on how to correct them. Being on the other end of that can feel like criticism and criticism never feels good. Be mindful of other people's feelings. Always ask them if they would be interested in your advice first. Better yet, just stop yourself entirely from indulging in this impulse with your friends and family. There is too much opportunity for hurt feelings when it feels personal. Since this energy is transiting for us all, you will probably find yourself on the other end of this as well. Be patient with your loved ones and try to maintain the perspective that it's not personal. Because it's not. Try not to be defensive. If you're able to step away from that feeling of being criticized, you just might realize the advice is actually quite stellar.

At work you have the opportunity this week to really impress with your intuitive insights on how to improve procedures. Go for it. Just make sure the timing feels correct. When you approach the topic start with "I have some ideas about [INSERT CRAPPY PROCEDURE HERE], would this be a good time to run them past you?" On the other side of that coin, If you're a manager, this is the week for an extremely productive brainstorming session. Ask your staff for their opinions about things and be prepared to color yourself impressed.

Last but not least. We all know how difficult it can be to control the urge to troll something annoying or wrong on Social Media on our best days. Be aware that this energy for CORRECTION and OPINIONS will feed into that compulsion. Be methodical in your approach to posting comments.Take a breath. Step away. Come back and if you still feel your comments would be productive, go ahead. But please try not to be part of the problem. The absolute best of intentions have the potential to be grossly misinterpreted during this time. Tone is never easy to decipher.

Above all else, be kind.

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#IMWITHKAP

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 “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color. To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder.” Colin Kaepernick  

I first heard of Colin Kaepernick in 2012 when he replaced Alex Smith as quarterback for the 49rs while Smith recovered from a concession. In a very controversial decision, his coach decided to continue to start Kaepernick even after Alex Smith recovered. I remember thinking at the time it was quite the Friday Night Lights story. The super solid quarterback replaced by a younger, flashier player. Despite the controversy, it proved to be the right decision because Colin led the 49rs to the Super Bowl.

I had never been much of a follower of football, but my boyfriend (now husband) was a huge 49er fan. I watched more football that year than I had the last 20 years. But this team was my childhood team as well and what can I say? I got a little caught up despite myself.    

Then in 2016, Colin Kaepernick started something big. He chose, at great potential cost to his reputation and career to not stand during the National Anthem in order to bring attention to the oppression of black people. His standing with the 49rs at that time was actually somewhat tenuous, due to more lows than highs as a quarterback between the years of 2013 and 2016. Even so, he took a knee and the rest is history.

To say that this has been controversial would be an understatement. The response to his actions was swift and negative. At this time, in 2017, Colin Kaepernick is a free agent and has not been selected for any team. This has sparked a national debate with many protesting what appears to be a conscious decision by the NFL to punish him, despite his talents as a player.  

Nevertheless many players inspired by Colin’s actions, have continued protesting the National Anthem in various ways during 2017.

Then something amazing happened. Our president made a statement that players who sit during the anthem should be fired and went on to call the protestors SOB’s. Over the course of 11 hours of games that Sunday, most players either locked arms in solidarity, knelt, or didn’t leave the locker room at all during the National Anthem.

While much of this was more in protest to the remarks of our President, we must not forget this protest started with Colin Kaepernick trying to bring attention to the systemic oppression of black people in our country.

I think Colin Kaepernick is a true hero. As with anything these days, this incredible show of support got me thinking about his Human Design. Human Design is an amazingly detailed personality profile which combines the disciplines of eastern and western astrology, the Chinese I-Ching, The Kabbalah Tree of Life, Hindu Chakras and Quantum Physics. It is a truly illuminating way to dig into someone’s personality so I couldn’t resist taking a gander.  

Without a time of birth, I ran Colin’s chart both at 6am and 6pm. Both charts were pretty much the same with one exception, the moon was in the gates of controlling resources and patterns at 6am and in the gates of shock and ideas at 6pm. My intuition and gut tell me that Colin is driven by shock and ideas more than he is driven by maintaining resources and patterns so I’ll go with that chart for these purposes.

Colin is a Projector type. Projectors consist of approximately 20% of the population. He intuitively knows what people should do but he must wait to be invited to share his insights or energetically he will encounter a negative response. When he decided to take that knee, the response was overwhelmingly negative. Nevertheless, he persisted with full knowledge of the potential consequences.

Colin is a natural storyteller who is here to bring stories from the past to the present to share his strong values. He is driven by his competitive spirit to potentially shock people into hearing what he has to say about these stories. Colin is also a very sensitive witness to the stories of people’s lives. He is not only deeply sensitive but also deeply empathic. He understands the importance of holding onto and sharing these important stories. His timing may not always be correct but his intention is to bear witness, to correlate the stories of what people are going though in the present with the stories of the past and to share this with the world.

So it does not surprise me that his sensitive response to witnessing the violence perpetuated on black people was to act. That it moved him to bear witness and bring attention to the story of these victims by non-violently protesting this country in a manner that was consistent with the practices of the protestors who have historically come before him.  

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He is under pressure to express these energies in his chart and he is not someone who knows when enough is enough.

With so much projected energy in his chart, the response to his actions and words may not have been positive for the most part, but he got through to enough people to start a movement. His actions opened up the door so that other athletes are able to protest the injustices in this country. After what happened this weekend, I have no doubt that the actions of more than 100 NFL players have inspired people across the country to fight for what is right. Something we sorely need at this time.

While the first part of his life has been focused on his body as an athlete (yes this is in his chart), the second half of his life will be focused on sharing the powerful healing energy of love of spirit. Also, Projectors are here to manage and guide people. So whether or not he is able to play again, I hope he knows he has a more important purpose in this lifetime.

His ideas may make him seem a little strange but like the rest of his generation, he is more than willing to struggle if that means bringing the stories of the past to the present to make a difference today.         

We really must give credit where credit is due.

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America The Vicious

The latest tweet storm from our not so esteemed president has us all wearily shaking our heads. How much more of this can our culture take? This is not making “America Great Again,” it is making America Vicious. The rhetoric has become so dismal and angry. Racists are boldly out of the closet because they believe our President has given them permission. Our most softhearted liberals are now viciously attacking each other for the slightest misuse of language. Troll culture is front and center in every facet of our society. We have all collectively become emboldened by this vicious status quo. Tit for Tat is the thing and the anger and frustration is escalating.

I have never before seen how powerfully the President can set the tone. In the past I suppose this has been a subtle thing. But this President seems to have set off a tidal wave of bile. He strikes the match and the viciousness spreads like wildfire. It’s everywhere you look, in every facet of society.

Meanwhile, the other members of his party are quietly, hurriedly moving their agenda forward. This bilious culture is a price they are willing to pay to control the Senate and the House. They will endure anything to cut taxes for the rich and cut services for the poor. This force majeure of a presidency is allowing them to work rapidly towards their goals and they are grimly thrilled.

Here’s the thing. Frustration, Bitterness, and Anger are the manifestation of the Not-Self. The United States as a whole is not itself right now. The Human Design Chart is not supposed to be vicious, frustrated, bitter, and angry. These are the low, not-self, expressions of who we are. To be clear, evil does not exist in Human Design. But we are capable of evil when we are expressing the lowest versions of ourselves.

Human Design utilizes both western and eastern astrology, the Chinese I-Ching, the Kabbalah Tree of Life, the Hindu Chakra system, and Quantum Physics. I don’t pretend to know exactly how it works, but the software spits out a chart based on a person’s date, time, and location of birth that is remarkably accurate.  

Take our not so esteemed President. There is a part of me that wishes I could see pure evil in his Human Design chart. It would explain so much and give me permission to hate him. But honestly, what I do see here is a man mired in his lowest expression.

According to his chart, our president is man who is clearly run by his emotions; a manifesting generator who thinks he is a manifestor; a man who is almost pathologically afraid of being bored; and a man full of opinions without much concern whether they are accurate or not. He is driven by the art of the deal and his sexuality. This is also a man who, while he was all about ideas and sales tactics in his youth, has the energy of the King and the Wordsmith in his present. Yes, all of this is in his chart.  

Emotional Clarity is this man’s authority. But in order for this to work correctly in his life, he needs to wait for clarity. Vicious 5am tweets are a symptom of a man who is not waiting for clarity before he acts. Not waiting for emotional clarity means his decision making abilities are severely compromised.

Our President is a Manifesting Generator. The frustration and anger we see on display almost every single day tells me he is not living according to his strategy to wait to respond. So not only is he not waiting for emotional clarity, he is also not waiting to respond to opportunities. Manifesting Generators often mistake themselves for Manifestors, who are the only Human Design Type here on this earth to initiate without waiting. So they get angry and frustrated when they encounter resistance. Resistance is built into the American Government as is, if he is not waiting to respond and attempting to force things he will encounter huge resistance, guaranteed. He has the energy for making money in his chart and that has certainly been evident in his life. But his job as president is not to make money, it is to guide and care for more than 325,000,000 people.

There is also an extremely strong energy in his chart for transitoriness. This is a man who gets bored very easily, a man who needs to try and do new things all the time. This often manifests as a very strong fear of boredom and also as a jaded, been there done that attitude. Someone with this energy must move on to something different and new on a regular basis. So sure, why not run for president? That’s a new one. But whether or not his interest is sustainable is questionable. With his 3rd line profile, he is here to constantly experiment.                     

What drives him, is the art of the deal and I’m afraid his sexuality. This trickster, deal making energy in his moon can have the energy for lies (in the sense of saying anything to make the deal). His sexuality is clearly expressed in the way he flirts with and talks to women. He is unconsciously driven to expresses his sexual machismo in this manner.

He feels pressure to answer other people's questions and to act on their ideas as if they are his own, yet he has a very fixed way of thinking about things. He is all about expressing his opinions and ideas for change. He loves to talk about money. He will also tend to hold on to the past and talk about it. He questions his lovability on a fundamental level and struggles to find direction, often finding it from others. He has the energy for starting things but not necessarily the energy for finishing them. But at the same time feels enormous pressure to finish things so that he can be free. So he has a tendency to rush through things in a slap dash manner to get them done. He has a tendency to hold on to things longer than he should. There is a profound fear of failure here, the fear that things are not perfect, and also a fear of the future.   

He has a very strong, macho tribal energy where he will find the resources and protect his tribe through any means necessary. A good quality for president one would think but I get the sense the people he considers to be part of his tribe are narrow in scope. If someone crosses him, they are not part of his tribe. I hate to say it but when protesters take to the street in opposition to him (and I've proudly done it myself), they become the enemy of his tribe. His reaction is not "Oh, maybe I'm on the wrong track here," it is "How dare those people question me? How dare they attack me and my people?" One bad picture or accusation of falsehood, the media becomes the enemy of his tribe. Once someone is designated as the enemy of him and his people, he is relieved of the responsibility to take care of them or care for them. He feels free to attack.

The energy of the King that is prominent in the second half of his life is not democratic leadership. This is the energy of ruler who takes care of his people but does not necessarily listen to them. In fact there is a projected aspect to this kingly status. Meaning people may project their version of the ruler they want on to him, or not. There is also the energy for prophesy in the second half of his life, for understanding when change is going to come and when to be ready. But this is also the energy for expressing his ideas for change in an elitist, malicious, discriminatory way in the low expression.

But in a spiritual sense, which is most likely veiled for him, this kingly quality also has the potential for finding common ground. We can only hope that in time he can somehow tap into this spiritual aspect of his energetic role as King.

That is the tragedy. Every single one of these energies in his chart also has a beautiful, positive side whether he is expressing them beautifully or not.  

This is my point. Every single one of us has our own chart loaded with opportunities to be beautiful and positive or ugly and small. Are we really a country that so readily takes its cues from the top no matter the example? We must hope for and expect the best in our leaders AND ourselves. If nothing else we can start with ourselves. Work towards the best of ourselves and consciously treat people with the respect and love ALL of us deserve, deep down inside.

The Kathy Griffin Scandal

I have been struggling a bit with this Kathy Griffin scandal. It is abundantly clear that people on all sides of politics are outraged over the image of her taken by Tyler Shields, holding an imitation of Donald Trump’s bloody head. Personally, I did not have any reaction to this picture at all. I did not find it upsetting nor did I did think it was cool. I saw it and continued moving through my social media feed. What that says about me, I don’t know. Full disclosure, I think Donald Trump is the worst, most dangerous president of the United States in history. Do I want to see his bloody, decapitated head; absolutely not. Was I appalled and upset when I saw various iterations of President Barack Obama hanging from trees; absolutely.

Whether or not Kathy Griffin’s life has been ruined by this scandal remains to be seen. I have no doubt actually that her claims the Trump family are going after her personally are true. They have proven themselves to be just that vindictive and small minded. She is losing work. CNN fired her from their New Year’s Eve show and several venues have canceled her shows.

But this new thing where people’s lives can be ruined by a tidal wave of social media vitriol disturbs me. As upset as I was over the picture of poor Cecil the lion, I also found it disturbing that his killer, Walter Palmer, had to close his business due to the backlash. I am not defending him or his actions at all, but it is just plain weird that social media has the power to close someone’s business.

Kathy Griffin is making statements that her life has been ruined and I find that to be a sad state of affairs.

One could defend Kathy Griffin because political satire is considered to be an important part of the resistance to this administration or any administration for that matter. 

There is also a case to be stated in her defense that the photo was art and that provocative art is extremely important during these tumultuous times. Free speech should be defended; offensive or not. Tumultuous times beget tumultuous art. It is to be expected and encouraged in my opinion.

But across the board we are seeing a tidal wave of celebrities, politicians, and average Joe’s (thank you Facebook) making grand statements on social media that this photograph was offensive and wrong. Even people defending her preface it by saying that they thought it was terrible. Maybe so, the first rule of comedy is, be funny. This joke simply didn’t land.  

I highly doubt this was her idea by the way. You are never going to convince me she walked into that photo shoot with this big idea. Tyler Shields convinced her to do it and she got caught up in the moment. I have not seen a social media tidal wave of bile pointed in his direction. Yes, her image is absolutely her responsibility. But does she really deserve this venom?

I wonder if Tyler Shields had convinced another celebrity, a man or even a woman with a different persona, would the reaction have been different?  

Kathy Griffin’s entire shtick has a decided Rodney Dangerfield bent. This woman gets no respect. She has made a career out of telling stories about her weird interactions with celebrities. Her act celebrates the resistance and dislike she encounters on a regular basis. It seemed to me that about 70% of her podcast with Marc Maron was her describing how she was never accepted by other comedians and that this and that acquaintance in the business did not like her. She regularly talks about being banned from one television show or another.  

This got me thinking. So I ran her Human Design chart.

Forgive the left turn but stay with me. Human Design is a discipline similar to Astrology. In fact, it utilizes both western and eastern astrology along with the Chinese I-Ching, the Kabballah Tree of Life, and the Hindu Chakra system. Don’t ask me how, but Quantum Physics are involved as well. It’s a fairly new system developed in the late 1980’s. I stumbled across it first from a Vedic astrologer I follow and thought it was interesting at the time. Months later, my new chiropractor requested the date and time of my birth on my intake form and after I asked, admitted she used that information to run my Human Design. I was intrigued. So I started reading book after book on the subject and then started running the charts of all of my friends. Almost two years later, I think the system is remarkably accurate. Better yet, all judgement falls away when you run someone’s Human Design and start to understand they are who they are. People’s behavior is rarely personal.

Kathy Griffin’s date and location of birth are readily available. Her time of birth however is not. So I ran her chart every two hours for the entire day. Some things change, but several aspects stay the same the entire day so I will focus on those consistent items in her design.

Kathy Griffin is what they call a Projector. Approximately 20% of the population are Projectors so you don’t necessarily come across one every day. Energetically, Projectors are here to tell people what to do. It is incredibly important however for Projectors to wait for the invitation to share their wisdom. If a Projector goes through life sharing what they think without invitation, they will consistently experience resistance and negative reactions along the way. It is an energetic thing where people will react negatively whenever the Projector approaches them without invitation. Not having an awareness of this over time, understandably results in bitterness.

Kathy also has an open sacral (all Projectors do), which means she never knows when enough is enough. This is a life-long theme of someone with an open sacral; whether it means doing too much and wearing themselves out or saying too much and alienating everyone around them.  

Additionally she has the channel 63/4 of Logic which consists of the gates of Doubt and Answers. This means she can be full of doubt about herself and others. She is suspicious of things until they are proven. This could also be why she has always been able to see past a celebrity’s image when she is around them and observe them in unique ways. Her resulting defined Crown and Mind also mean she has a fixed way of thinking and can tend to be in her head. In other words, she has a specific point of view that colors her observations as a comedian.

Another prominent channel in Kathy Griffin’s chart is the 10/20 channel of Awakening, also known as “The Verbal Gunslinger.” People with this channel can be extremely cutting and hurtful with their words. Gate 10, The Love of Self, is often referred to as the “blame gate.” The highest expression of this gate truly is the love of self and the empowering example of this for others, which is why this is also called the Buddha Channel. The low expression however of this gate is constantly blaming other people for what is wrong in their life. Gate 20 connects this energy to the throat, hence “the verbal gunslinger.” If you’ve seen any of her specials, you know her comedy is all about saying mean, but funny things about celebrities.          

Finally, the other channel that is consistently in her chart is the 28/38 Channel of Struggle. This is the channel of someone who never takes the easy road. They are extremely stubborn and do things the hard way. So, despite knowing this photograph would be highly controversial, she decided to do it anyway. Kathy Griffin is not someone to shy away from difficulty. She thrives on the struggle.

So there you go, Kathy Griffin may think that her career is over today and that Donald Trump broke her. But her Human Design tells me that she can handle this difficulty and she will not stop telling it like it is regardless of the consequences. She is used to the consequences. Kathy is comprised of the Individual and Logic Circuits which means she is a unique, mutative person who simply doesn’t care. This is her Human Design.         

Kathy Griffin’s chart at 2am and 2pm:

 

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