Astrological Predictions for 2012

There is so much more that I would like to say but I started with the Numerology and the Astrology. I will probably be adding some more specific things but I thought it was important to get some information out there now.

Know that there are moments in time when we can take ourselves to the next level of awareness. You have tools and abilities inside you that may not surface until you need them. When energies get challenging know that you are deeper, vaster, and wiser than you know. Trust your inner self to guide you to those skills and allow them to awaken you to the hidden potential within.

Beginning with the Numerology for 2012.

Numerologically, the year 2012 is a 5.

The Path of 5 is a year of grounding, healing, and teaching. It requires us to be stable, practical, and down to earth. We are to keep our feet firmly planted on the ground and learn to deal with the day-to-day issues with grace and acceptance.

The Gift Number for this year is a 3 and the three is about feeling positive, though sometimes the 3 can feel like a roller coaster ride with its wild swings and intense ups and downs. Again, a good time to practice grounding is when the world is swinging to the extreme.

What is it that you have to share or to teach others? How can you do that in a positive way that is grounding and stable for all those you touch? This is the challenge of the 5 and the 3.

We can do it. The 5 gives us determination and drive. The 3 gives us a good attitude and a willingness to find the doorways. If we can work them together we are unstoppable.

Some of the Astrology from 2012 to 2015.

Let’s talk About the Squares between Pluto and Uranus.

We have survived the holidays and we have finally stepped onto the boat of 2012. It feels as if we are all in for a wild ride, so everyone find a place of center and align with the highest self you can muster inside.

Even if you experience bliss and calm during this time you can be guaranteed that others may not. You might be the one attempting to instill reason into very emotional and upset people, employees, family members, and mates. It will take your skills of communication and clarity to navigate some very muddy waters ahead.

The good news is that Neptune is moving into Pisces on Feb 4^th and that should bring truth to the surface for many political situations, as well as personal patterns. Sometimes the truth is a bit shocking, so be forewarned that the waters are going to clear and that will allow us to see with a new clarity and discernment. For some that may feel like a rude awakening. For others it may feel like a relief from all the confusion in 2011.

I personally am looking forward to the lightening of the emotional burdens of 2011. I understand that sometimes we need to be thrown into the pit for us to take a look at the hidden emotional issues that we have buried inside.

2011 was a year to release and open to the realization of all that we had stuffed internally. We needed to do some inner work and find new ways to admit the truth to ourselves about what has worked and what has not worked in our lives. As that awareness unfolded, a tremendous amount of energy also was allowed to flow more naturally.

The result is that now in January 2012, we are feeling more grounded, more energized, and more willing to tackle the issues that are presenting themselves. So even though there is a lot going on, there is an acceptance and a drive to move ahead and forge into the new territories that are presenting themselves. The energy is there because we are not holding ourselves back in the past fears. Those fears came up in 2011 and have been released into a new place of balanced acceptance and trust.

So there is nothing but a new fresh road ahead. That is exciting! It is also a road untraveled. There is an acceptance that we cannot completely see where we are going, but we are going none-the-less. This is now a place where we need to trust our instincts, our skills, our wisdom, and our energy to carry us forward into the unknown.

We are welcoming the new and different into our life for 2012.

Neptune In Pisces – Feb 4, 2012

Lets talk first about the pattern of Neptune moving into Pisces on Feb 4, 2012. Neptune will be in Pisces until 2025, so this is a shift that affects an entire generation. Neptune takes 164 years to make a complete cycle, spending about 13 years in each sign.

Neptune in Pisces will allow a new age of spiritual growth, understanding, and compassion. This is a pattern that will allow people who are great spiritual leaders and teachers to come into this world. In this age we will want to bring harmony and peace and then bring a desire for spiritual understanding and knowledge.

Neptune is also the planet of drugs and pain so I expect there to be great advances in medicine and ways to deal with suffering. With the other aspects I expect to see very practical applications for treatment of existing diseases.

This Neptunian Age will be a time when we will feel and have compassion for social injustices and the huge changes that we are already seeing in the Middle East will continue to unfold.

Neptune is also a planet of confusion and it creates a feeling of swirling/spiraling energy. You may already be experiencing a kind of confusing energy that has been affecting you. You may feel a bit discombobulated or spaced out. It will take all of us time to sort out this energy and learn how to flow with the patterns of fluid Neptune. I expect we will get the hang of it over time. Just know that your patterns of structure and organization my not play out the way they have in the past.

This pattern will soften the intense transits of Pluto Square Uranus from June of 2012 through 2015.

And we are going to need it.

The last time we had Pluto square Uranus was during the 1930’s and the intensity leading up to Hitler and Stalin was no picnic. But this time we do have the mitigating energy of Neptune to soften the forceful push/pull between the controlling, rigid pattern of big government that is Pluto and the freedom-loving desire for change that Uranus brings.

Pluto square Uranus brings turmoil and upheaval. Any planet (like Neptune) that wants to soften that energy is a huge help. This pattern has the potential to bring a newfound awareness while we are breaking down old structures and bringing in the new. You can think of the square as a sharp cutting edge that is painful. Then think of Neptune in Pisces as a balm for those wounds.

Neptune in Pisces gives the feeling of fewer boundaries between all of us. This may create a feeling that we are aching for the whole world, suffering with their suffering. But it will bring a greater awareness and empathy. We may feel a coming together in oneness during times of crisis. We may even discover machines that allow us to see the shimmering energy in matter and to find that there are souls in nature. The expansion of understanding and awareness that Neptune brings is going to be amazing.

The physicist David Bohm said, “All matter is frozen light.” This transit has the potential to blur the lines between realities and allow things that we perceived as solid to dissolve. For some that may be wonderful and for others it may be very disturbing.

Neptune is sometimes seen as the higher octave of Venus. Both planets are about love. Venus rules the feelings that prompt us to be attracted to one thing or another. Neptune’s sense of connection is limitless, much like the oceans, vapors and mists that he rules. His essence permeates the ethers and does so with an unconditionally loving force that surrounds and penetrates absolutely everything. Neptune is unable to divide or separate. Therefore Neptune can unify or dissolve. He can freeze or unfreeze.

The one problem is that Neptune really does not have boundaries. In the black and white world we are presently living in this change can feel very dramatic. Neptune is not accustomed to polarity and may make us feel as if we are wandering around like an alien in a suddenly new world without a guidebook to help us navigate the new territory in which we find ourselves. Neptune’s primary concern is that unity and love are all there is.

We had a taste of Neptune touching Pisces last spring into summer. You might have noticed that we all have become more aware of our illusions, addictions, habits, as well as, our potential creativity that has been inside trying to get out. We are all attempting to become more aware of our addictive behaviors and to view our illusions with objectivity.

So take a look at what the universe is showing you right now. What direction is your soul asking you to move towards? What behaviors or addictions do you need to release in order to move forward?

These are the patterns that Neptune awakens in our awareness.

When the universe opens the doorways and attempts to show us something, sometimes we may not like what we see. It then becomes our responsibility to make choices and alter the events that are becoming problematic so we can create more of what we desire for the next stage of our development.

Neptune wants us to move beyond the tangible, limiting, and physical reality in which we find ourselves. Neptune rules the soul and the illusions of our imagination. This is where tools such as meditation become very important in navigating the watery depths of Neptune. This time will be about discovering our own unconsciousness and making it conscious so we can step into our higher purpose.

As we awaken to our authentic selves (Uranus in Aries), while the society continues to transform (Pluto in Capricorn), Neptune inspires us to look at the direction of our highest selves and our purpose within this reality. This will be a time when the spiritual lessons of your soul will want to be translated into the physical. To do this we are all going to need to dive deep within. This is going to be a long journey, as Neptune will be in Pisces until March 30^th of 2025.

Neptune in Pisces does not come with a clear instruction manual on how to do all of this. Only by diving deep within do we come to understand our higher purpose. Then we have to take that information and learn how to navigate the complex pattern of choices in this human realm to find the best creative expression of that purpose. The only clear door is that you will have to let go of any preconceived ideas of the outcome and find a purity of faith within. Then allow that energy to drive all of us forward to find the best possible outcome for the planet.

Neptune was in Pisces over a century ago and one year into that transit, Spiritualism was born. I expect to see a greater interest and expansion in all the intuitive and metaphysical arts during this particular transit.

During the last transit of Neptune in Pisces we also had the period of Darwinism, where traditional beliefs were turned upside down. I expect there will again be knowledge and information that will be quite controversial, forcing us to look at our world in very different ways.

As Neptune in Pisces rules the movies and music, innovations in all the technologies will be mind blowing. I expect to see cutting edge technologies and riveting films, as well as heart-opening musicians, transform our reality through sights and sounds.

Righting social injustices and bringing awareness to the suffering of others will be an ongoing theme. Gender issues will blur and ethnic issues will dissolve as we finally ask the questions, “Whom do these boundaries serve?”

Neptune rules the oceans, so issues surrounding all aspects of water will be in the forefront of the news.

These are going to be fascinating times, in which we will see the expression of the soul awaken. We will see the dissolving of boundaries in many contexts: sexual, spiritual, fiscal, and political. This will be a time for fighting for justice, supporting others in finding the freedom to be heard. We will find new ways to create union, express spirituality, and the expansion of consciousness through movies and music in wonderful and exciting ways.

And remember that with Neptune in Pisces, nothing is quite as it seems.

So let us go on to the next big situation that everyone in the astrological world is talking about, Pluto Square Uranus.

This is a global square aspect that lasts from June 24^th, 2012, until March 16/17^th, 2015. What makes it even more amazing is that we will experience 7 exact squares between 2012 and 2015. Most of the time meetings between outer planets make 3 exact contacts over about 9 months. But this time Pluto and Uranus will remain in exact square for 3 years.

It is almost an unheard of aspect.

Uranus and Pluto together are ground softeners for change. Pluto erodes while Uranus explodes.

Pluto wants big government and big business to control everything. If Pluto cannot profit in some way from the innovative qualities of Uranus in Aries, then it will try to stop it or block it from coming forth.

Notice the Occupy Wall Street situation.

Uranus wants to say “No!” to everything and anything that will try to limit, control, or degrade. Uranus wants to serve all life through new ideas, inventions, and solutions.

We will probably see the Pluto/Uranus manifest as a war between freedom and control.

No matter what Pluto does, Uranus in Aries is going to usher in an innovative time that will have a profound and lasting impact in all our lives. Its agenda is to upgrade, innovate and aggressively stimulate the impetus towards freedom. Expect to see changes in how society operates.

The Square between these two heavy hitters is one of the most intense aspects because it represents tests and challenges. It causes stress and is highly frustrating, which is interesting because Uranus and Pluto are distinctly non-personal and emotionless by themselves. Yet their effect together is dramatic and deeply felt.

When we add in the fact that we are also in a Grand Cardinal Cross, which has the complete desire to start things anew, mixed with the push and pull from the Square, it will seem as if we are not able to bring about changes fast enough to satisfy everyone. We will strongly want change but feel stymied by the blocked patterns that the Square creates. So try to not get frustrated at governments or yourself as you attempt to make changes. Expect that everything will take more time than you want.

This Square creates such stress that sometimes the only way through is outright revolt and revolutions.

The negative aspects of this Square are:

Popular revolts and rebellions
Corporate, financial, and governmental power struggles
Sudden loss of financial wealth
Unexpected deaths of important individuals
Breakups of long-term friendships and associations
Disturbed individuals becoming more dangerous and violent.

If you are a Cardinal Sign (Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn) you will feel a sense of frustration and a need to re-start your life in the areas of home and career. You will also feel a desire to shift your personal and professional relationships.

I am listing all of this because the period of time from 2008 until now has been a warm up for this grand finale from 2012 through 2015.

Let’s admit it. None of us are the way we were before 2008. We have all made huge shifts and our perspective has radically changed.

That is great. Just know that the flexibility you have learned during that time is going to be needed to make this next leap of faith into a much bigger global arena of consciousness.

The best way to face challenges during such radical times is to expect them in advance. Those who will have the hardest time are those who are resistant to the obvious change and want things to stay the way they were.

My motto is to know before you go. I would rather have a heads up as to the patterns unfolding so I can learn to navigate tumultuous times, and I also can learn to not take it personally. Everyone will go going through their version of change during the next three years. So have compassion for others and lend a helping hand when you can.

It is time to choose change, even if you do not know what it will look like on the other side. If you don’t you will use up a tremendous amount of energy resisting.

Clearly the writing is on the wall. We all have been opened and expanded into a new place and reality. Just allow that to continue.

2012 is about a beginning not an ending. The ending was 2008, in case you didn’t notice. This is a time for the power of the people to be heard. This will cause revolt in different places. Corporations and governments will attempt to consolidate their power even as they collapse under their own debt and weight.

And all the while Neptune is going to dissolve the ground underneath the powers that be. It is going to make for an interesting few years.

I know that I was supposed to do a Prediction for 2012 but this is more like a broader prediction from now till 2015.