We all help each other come together and awaken. In a way, this togetherness has the end result of making us better people through the interactions, awareness of and reflections of others.
We share with each other to help inform us of things that we do not see, things that require reminder, confirmation. Others test our abilities to discern right and wrong. The dance between holding your ground and allowing others to inform, shape, mold, and influence your reality and expression.
Within a small group, a few members come together and share their gifts but also their lesser defined abilities and unconscious patterns.
Unconscious patterns are blocked or obscured from the eyes and awareness of the individual expressing them. Often, we will also direct attention away from others seeing these patterns. This is almost entirely unconscious and is part of the process of suppressing one’s own awareness of these thoughts, beliefs, and overall patterning.
The patterns, nonetheless, are quite a bit easier to spot for the other. The complex and intuitive way in which we blind ourselves to ourselves is very personal and unique. Our minds are specifically wired and require tact to deceive or distract.
So while we may not be able to see ourselves clearly, someone else may see it as clear as day.
We Protect Ourselves from Ourselves
When we are in a group of four or five, we are likely to notice each others strengths, weaknesses, and overall patterns. It is natural to reflect back on that which we observe. The simple act of being observed is very powerful in helping you see yourself, your performance, and often our shortcomings.
While we desire to be seen for our efforts and victories, we conversely do NOT want to be seen for our shortcomings. We become experts at noticing the slightest bit of awareness.
We may notice others ‘noticing’ our flaws more than we see them ourselves. A clever and defensive wall protecting us from witnessing ourselves fully.
We project much of this, having stories written about what exactly isn’t up to standard. The moment we feel the least bit ‘noticed’ in our insecurities, it is easy to believe others are thinking as harshly and critically as we are.
The projected ‘standards’ are connected to your social and communal agreements. Many of them unconscious, never spoken, oft implied. The whole idea of being ‘enough’ is as subjective as it gets. It is good to question these concepts and from whence they came.
Consider being observed while you are working. What happens to your mental energy? Do you begin to feel different? The other person doesn’t have to say anything at all, and our minds begin to have specific things we are concerned about.
These projected energies come from us. The presence of others highlights our inner beliefs, thoughts, insecurities. We end up writing our story onto others.
Acknowledge When it is Yours
The road to awakening has us taking responsibility for our energy. Our thoughts, beliefs, patterns, habits, compulsions. These all stem from depths which we may not be aware of. The comfort zone of certainty, stubbornness, and ideology cannot be broken down by the individual alone. Well, perhaps, but it would be terribly inefficient, disorienting, and slow.
If we are not challenged, we are very likely to consider doing the same thing for eternity.
Being around others challenges our very natures in a beautiful way. I would go so far as to say that too much time alone may actually intensify one’s inner journey with pressure and stagnation. A lack of reflection and triggering from others can have us deaf, dumb, and blind to the protected areas in our psyche. These parts are the same ones that cry out for healing and balance.
What appears to be the inconveniences caused by other humans is in fact a helpful and more loving way to get through your lessons in life.
When we come together in a large group, community, country, society… we all bring energy that is unconscious and requiring attention. Over time our cultures, societal structures, social issues, habits, etc. reflect the collective unconscious.
The World Changes When We Change
While we can change quite quickly with enough effort, the world at large carries the scars and stains of the collective unconscious. It takes more than an insight to shift the world at large.
Remember this when things look out of wack. When you read ‘news’ or hear about conflicts. When you see inequality and inequity in the very fabric of communities and societies… take a deep breath. Fighting the world, the government, the status quo has been given a noble tag. When it feels right, stand up and resist the system. Never forget, however, that expression of society is there because ‘we'(as a human group body) have manifested it.
If what we despise in society is engendered by hate and separation, we must look deep within at the ways in which we cleave ourself. We must look at how we treat our family, our friends, our neighbors. It is easy to be kind to the easy going agreeable friend. In the same way, it is easy to love the part of myself that is ‘successful’.
What about the people with whom you disagree?
What about the parts of ourselves that feel like a ‘failure’?
Aquarian Individuation
I do not believe that living life is about making some mark, some imprint, or living up to a standard. I believe that we can only be truly measured from within. I believe this is God speaking within us.
If, by the graces of sed God, we choose to involve ourselves in the larger social games… then GO GET IT! Never, and I mean never, allow your sense of standards, of success, of being meaningful or powerful be used as a weapon against others.
Whether it is your children, your neighbors, your social media constituents, your coworkers, or the houseless friend living on the streets. We must learn to grow up, and stop expecting anyone else to do as we please or follow some premeditated track.
Success, as we know it in our society, is a narrowly defined path that generally bleeds all of our life force energy into the outer world. Success, to me, is a path to fulfillment. It can never be defined outside of the individual, for the individual is the only entity that can experience this fulfillment.
Stepping into the age of Aquarius is about each person defining their sense of self. Ideally, each individually can find the means to work towards their own personal goals. May each of us have the patience, understanding, and awareness to explore what holds meaning without destroying our peace or the peace of others.
A Note to My Readers
A new age doesn’t come in all at once. There are waves. Currently, one of the strongest waves to date is unfolding. During this time, we may find ourselves going through ungrounded phases of growth. The amount of faith required is substantial and not always available to us. When you find yourself in this space, lean back into yourself and look for something you love. A hobby, a person, a pet. The important part is to get your vibration back into the love state. The patterns that are unfurling from our depths are long overdue this release. The feelings trapped within them can certainly rock your boat. Be sure to be the calm in your own storm. You not only deserve it, but you are entitled to it. Your free will is to be used at your discernment, do something wonderful for yourself with it.
The movement of Pluto into Aquarius is a paradigm shift. Each day we will find ourselves caught in some net or web only to realize it was a slingshot pulling us back. The following day we may be catapulted forward. This expedited growth may have us outgrowing comfort zones, relationships, hobbies, diets, jobs, addictions, and most of all ways of treating ourselves.
The nuance and timing of these changes can be hard to comprehend and understand. Do your best to let go and let God. If things become unmanageable, please hear this.
Over the last 12+ years, my astrological understanding has assisted thousands in having a better grasp during transformative times. While this is not the only way that Astrology can be used as a tool, it is, in my humble opinion, the most powerful. To give a perspective that can radically shift one’s approach to a challenging situation, this is the gift I am so grateful to have access to and share with others.
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Once again you are so timely and prescient. Ex’s holding mirrors and trampoline emotions. The dragon is awake and devouring villages.