Alice’s Astrology & Beyond JAN / FEB, 2008 Dear Friends, How incredible it is that we are embarking on 2008 in what seems like a blink of an eye. In these fast and uncertain times that we live in, it’s so important to understand the energetic journey ahead so that we can make the most of it and confidently create our lives in each moment. By understanding how the energies of the planets are there to support and offer guidance, we can find a lot of inner-confirmation that we are on the path we need to be as we check-in with ourselves along the way. 2007 was a year of great transformations, changes, awakenings, and increased awareness combined with some unexpected transitions, both on the physical and the non-physical. We had some “heavy” energies going on (Pluto conjuncting the Galactic Core to name one) that were literally rebirths into new beginnings for many of us. I have heard stories of great challenges and also of ultimate successes. It was truly a year of extremes in so many ways. As such, we have individually and collectively reached a major milestone and now embark upon a new era, one that will ultimately bring us into a new state of understanding the infinite possibilities that lie before us. Pluto is on the move! This year’s big news is that Pluto is moving into a new sign (Capricorn) after 14 years in Sagittarius. What this means is that we are entering a major new cycle and standing on the brink of a brand new era. It will take the entire year to fully move into this energy, but you can expect to strongly feel, that it is time to take a greater responsibility for yourself in so many ways. That which you have wanted to do, feared to do, anything at all that relates to you and your inner purpose, you will find the beginnings of feelings of “I have to find a way or create a path to move forward” and actually be able to do it.  Whether it is to lose weight, take better care of your body, smoke less, eat healthier, quit your additions (to situations, people or things), get a better job, rebuild that estranged relationship (where you know you were wrong in some way) it is a time where you will have the energy and the motivation to reinvent your reality in ways that you were not able to before. Capricorn is all about taking responsibility.  Advice on using this energy. Due to the movement of the planet in and out of Capricorn in 2008, you may feel some of this strongly, and then seem to regress back to old ways, but ultimately this energy is moving forward and in 2009 “everyone” will have to move forward in their lives or be left behind to waddle in the muck. Everything is always a choice, no matter what, even if it is the choice to remain positive about your situation even though you don’t understand it. Take the responsibility now, make a concerted effort to stay ahead of the game and you will find the greatest success. It is about taking the action and doing it vs. saying you will do. We all know what it is if we sit still long enough to listen. What will we see around us? As our own life structures find new foundational beginnings, around us we will continue to see big news and further collapse in government, religion, education, world economy, and large corporate institutions, etc. - especially those that have been operating in a way that is not balanced. From this we will see people coming together in new ways that better serve each other and the earth. We will see more of the “dark” coming to light, and in that hierarchies and dogma rebirthing into new beginnings as well as new freedoms begin to emerge. What more can we be aware of with Pluto going into Capricorn? 2007 got rid of a lot of things that didn’t serve you – from belief systems to people in your lives, only so that you could rise to see your life from a new vantage point.  Capricorn is known as being a “stern” energy and you can think of it as an energy that can help straighten us out after feeling that in someway we have been pulled apart. So, we will be led to: 1. Live within more reasonable limits, in every action that we take in our lives. Whether we become more aware of what we are spending on things we purchase, or how we are giving away our energy in the form of time, effort, and emotions. 2. Be more realistic about how we use the resources around us. The environment will command our respect and we will feel the need to honor it in our own personal ways. 3. And perhaps most importantly, we will step up to take responsibility for the impact of our actions or lack there of, in everything we do. Blaming will just not work anymore and this will be the key to the rebuilding of our own foundations. Finally… Our human journey is a series of experiences where we learn to unravel the mysteries of who we are. As we align all our bodies (Physical, Emotional, Mental and Spiritual) and connect with that which is peace and love we are rewarded in ways beyond our expectation. When we are connected to ourselves, we are effortlessly propelled forward on our path. The secret is to constantly be in a state of delight for who we are, where we are at, and to celebrate each step of the way - even that which is challenging, or that which is painful. Want what you already have and open yourself up to receive what is already yours. Take responsibility to just live your life, knowing that it is all up to you to create what is going on and how you experience it. The time is now, and each precious moment is an opening into new possibilities. Let 2008 be the year that you step into a whole new experience of peace. Blessings to you always Alice Alice's Web Sites :  Astrology-Fengshui.com   &   PeleOfLemuria.com