by Kim Gould on February 9, 2010
Apparently there was a football game in the USA yesterday ..lol! I didn’t watch it, but the Saints won, which is nice.
While that was going on, the Moon passed over a very sensitive point. A collection of Centaurs in the Gate of Waiting. This is one of the gates that will create an activation in 2012 and it’s all about how we relate to time. At the moment on this planet there are very few people who have ‘authority’ over their own time – freely choosing when they do things. Doing what we want when we want seems a simple idea. But most people would see that it’s an idea that only exists for small children who, of course, don’t have any responsibilities. For the rest of us life is a series of ‘deadlines’ that must be met if we are to keep our jobs, pay our bills on time and get out tax returns in without penalty.
Can you imagine a world where you are entitled, even encouraged, to be in alignment with your own natural rhythm?
Can you imagine how our economy, our culture and our relationships would change?
Those of you with Gate 5 and/or Gate 15 in your designs are here to align with this energy so that the rest of us can get it. Yesterday we all had a moment to see where our family patterns cut deeply into our personal freedom to live life on our own time. We’ve got all the time in the world!
The Sun is now in the Gate of Revolution. Very emotionally sensitive and coupled with the Earth in the Gate of Youthful Folly, we doubt the sense of our decision to strike out on a journey to who knows where with nothing but a spare pair of underwear and a box of matches. Others tell us to be sensible, and yet we are compelled to move further and further into the unknown. Mercury shows us where we are placing false limitations on ourselves that prevent us from naturally manifesting a life of health, wealth and love.
We get a few fairly settled days now before another wave of shifts starting on 12th February, when our focus moves to our friends and family. Expect visitors.
“Every one of our chemical elements was once inside a star. The same star. You and I are brothers. We came from the same supernova.” Scientist Geoffrey Burbridge, who died on 7th Feb.
by Kim Gould on February 6, 2010
Today everything feels brand new. Eric sent me a fix for my Human Design software and its going better than ever in the new version. I increased my internet connection to ADSL2 and can hardly keep up with it on my new speedy laptop.
Actually I woke up this morning feeling absolutely horrible. And I was remembering a time about 1o years ago when someone asked me if I thought I was really living in my body. I knew nothing much back then and said yes of course I was (crazy idea!). She then asked me to put my hand on the centre of my being and with no conscious input from me at all my hand popped straight up to a spot above my head and slightly to the right. Oops! I had a few scary moments after that, as something within me obviously took it as a cue to come ‘home’ into my body and I discovered that I could no longer escape into lala land when I felt threatened. That particular doorway was closed to me from that moment.
Last week had a similar feel to it. I’ve been bringing out very vulnerable aspects of myself to play in the world – with you, with my partner and my children. And this morning I recognised the feeling. Another door to lala land has forever dissolved. I’m here and there’s no going back.
7th February 2010
The transits for tomorrow are quite extraordinary. I know, I’ve said that before but we all know we live in extraordinary times and February 2010 is definitely a high point! Mars with the Earth connecting the G Centre (heart/soul) with the Throat. Venus and Neptune in the emotional Gate of Illuminating Spirit. Mercury and the North Node in the Crown chakra that brings to the light of day the effects of the invisible. And of course Saturn and Pluto in the Channel of Correcting Family Patterns so that we can all relax into a calm centred joyfulness.
Astrologically there is a lot going on too, but I will leave that to others.
Saturn, the old rigid patriarch, meets the deconstructing Pluto for a visit to the underworld and a 2 week demolish and rebuild. “Rigid adherence to tradition has resulted in decay. But the decay has not penetrated deeply and so can still easily be remedied.” And Pluto – “Contented joyousness. Good fortune.” They’re both in line 1, so are affecting our personal (as opposed to relationship or transpersonal) foundations.
When Saturn returns to the G Centre (collective heart) on 12th February, he will be a changed man. I ‘d also like to mention that Pluto has just spent three years in a gate that was shifting the father/daughter relationship dynamic. The father moved from cold and withholding to warm, protective and generous. The daughter moved from vain and superficial to simple and powerfully magical. This set the scene for the current Saturn/Pluto situation.
And speaking of daughters (and the inner daughter within men, perhaps their most vulnerable inner self), the most famous daughter of all, mythologically speaking, Persephone, the wild protectress of daughters, Diana, and Psyche are all in the emotional Gate of Grace. Also there is Osiris, Egyptian God of revegetation and rebirth, and Hermes messenger of the gods and communication portal between the earth plane and the underworld.
Mars continues on his retrograde path, helping us come to terms with issues of ego, willpower and unhinged domination (usually he can rely on some help from powerful Pluto but just now the old macho Mars is on his own, because Pluto’s “contented joyousness” just isn’t cutting it on his battlefield). The new Mars is, to quote Philip Sedgwick : “a confident, soulful self void of vanity and venial obsessions”.
Here’s his current challenge. “The most superficial way of trying to influence others is through talk that has nothing real behind it. The influence produced by mere tongue wagging is insignificant.” In other words, if you’re not walking your talk, you’re not acting from a place of vital potency, and you’re not going to be influential. And remember that this is a channel connecting the Collective Heart (G Centre) to the Throat, so our ‘walk’ must come from there. Completing the channel is the Earth in the Gate of The Army. This is about marshalling your inner forces, understanding that the enemy we meet is simply a reflection of our own inner selves. Right now we manifest by being gentle with ‘inferior’ aspects of ourselves and others, but not giving them leadership because they will simply turn our well organised troops into a disorganised rabble.
I particularly wanted to talk about the Venus Neptune conjunct. It’s not exact until 8th February, but Human Design works a little differently to astrology in that planets in a gate together may not be within an orb that counts as an aspect, but they are still ‘conjunct’ in a sense. Venus moves into Gate 30 at 2.50am on 7th Feb UT.
In the I Ching there are eight special gates that are ‘doubles’. Gate 30 is double fire. And it’s quality is ‘clinging’, as the quality of fire is to cling to the burning fuel. Venus and Neptune together are potentially all glamour and ideal visions. For some this will manifest as confusion. “Can I really trust this vision of loveliness/financial opportunity I see before me?” For most it’s a time to look very, very closely at anything that seems too good to be true. For the rest of us, you and I, it’s very likely that the dream is coming true and it’s appearing right before our eyes. So long as we’re grounded and take the time to allow the true underlying meaning to manifest, we can certainly spend some time basking in the realisation of connections, lovers and business opportunities that we’ve been manifesting in the inner planes for many years.
by Kim Gould on February 4, 2010
What happens to the old Patriarch Saturn when he meets Pluto in the Gate of Joy? He goes to his death in order to be reborn. And with Venus in the Gate of Revolution, we are called together (Aquarius) to throw open the doorway to r-evolution. This is the Gate of Molting, that says we have a natural cycle of initiation, maturation, completion, renewal. Using intimidation to try to halt that cycle leads to rigidity and decay.
To add to this energy, Toro the Bull is with Sedna connecting the Ajna to the Throat. This is the daughter (Sedna) having something shoved down her throat, angrily and violently (Toro), to quote renowned astrologer Martha Lang-Wescott).
Saturn says the “father” has been too rigid and has prevented change in a violent, disrespectful and angry manner. Pluto says it’s time to lighten up, to stop competing, to connect with the support and love of our global family.
I’ve been feeling this angry throat energy, part of the massive shift in consciousness going on right now around the dismantling of the Patriarchy. And I say that not in a feminist kind of way. As I explained to my son the other day, men suffer just as much under this outdated cultural influence as women.
The Moon passed over Saturn yesterday and triggered this issue.
Some of you may have seen Ra Uru Hu’s comments on my Facebook page over the past few days. While I honour his introduction of Human Design to the world I do not agree with keeping that energy bound up, financially, intellectually, legally or spiritually.
To fail to allow our children out into the world to find their own destiny is another Saturn quality. Saturn devoured his children rather than suffer through the fear that they may depose him. The new Saturn energy is a multidimensional mastery of creation in time and space that flows with others in the utmost respect for their sovereignty. Namaste!
by Kim Gould on February 3, 2010
This morning I could feel the energy of the Spiritual Initiation Channel kick in, As the Sun and Mars take it up to the Throat for expression, it’s a jittery sort of feeling.
Remember that Uranus will move to this channel in April.
The Centaur Pelion has been in Gate of Innocence (25) for months now, quietly giving us the self confidence to reach for accomplishment in our dharmic approach to work, coming always from a place of wise innocence. Not the innocence of a child, but the experienced innocence of the sage who knows that only love and simplicity are real. We move beyond a childlike need for approval and into our own power, creating a ‘family’ of collegues who are nurturing and with whom we share an extraordinary generosity.
In the Gate of Shock (51) we have Isis, Eros and Juno. A fairly weighty line up that indicates old family issues about sex and relationships, particularly how we experienced our parents relationship. We may find some old parental pattern playing out for us to clear.
Add in Saturn in the Gate of Correcting Family Patterns and we have a trifecta. Don’t forget Pluto in the Gate of Joy calling us to let go of any old conditioning of stress, strain and struggle that tells us we are anything other than worthy, loved and appreciated.
It’s important to wait for things to make sense at the deeper level, don’t allow anything to goad you into jumping to react too soon. This Channel has the ability to allow us to shift from a perspective of mundane shock to a place where we see the inherent spiritual initiation. And find the self confidence, courage and support to take full advantage of the situation.
