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The themes for July are Correction and Adjustment.
It is easy to put too much on your plate in times of expansion. And it is tempting to go for it in times of power.The opportunities of these past months have taken some to the edge of their comfort level and some even to the edge of sanity. This month is about taking a break, re-evaluating what is right and what may need some correcting and adjustment. The adjustment should be towards simplicity, consolidation, and balance, rather than complication or adding something new. Notice where you have allowed the expansion of June to over-expand, adding an extra weight for you to carry and filling your plate up to overflowing. Your process of adjustment could feel contracted and may include pruning something out, or taking a much-needed break from your routines. Taking some quiet time to go within and find that place of peace and rest will be very helpful. Expansion often leads to a time of contraction, assimilation and integration. Since the instinctive center is still the primary influence this year, it will show you very clearly what needs attention. Watch for the obstacles and false personality behaviors of self-destruction and stubbornness to show up as reactions related to old patterns, especially in those who have spun out of control or who struggle with attachments and addictions. In some cases the necessary corrections may seem compromising and resistance could come up. However in most cases the resistance is an argument of the mind and your false personality. You will find that if you make the necessary corrections, they will lead to balance, relief, freedom, and a sense of deep inner peace that is needed for re-setting and re-calibrating your course. This place of inner peace is the eye of the storm, the center where you can feel grounded, certain, and powerful without getting caught in the storm itself. This is the place of balance so necessary for adjusting your focus and your pace. To achieve it you must find a way to rest and recharge, to pull your energy in, to ground to the earth and to let go of what holds you back from being at peace. The influence of the month can be likened to a market correction, a dip in the expansion that can appear as a reversal. If you take the concept of a correction, you can see the necessity of allowing the envelope that has been stretched and pushed to fall back towards a position of balance, much like a rubber band that has been pulled too tight. If you keep stretching the rubber band, it will eventually rupture and break. So the idea is not to stretch the rubber band beyond its capacity. You also need to consider what you have created so far as a rough draft to be corrected and revised as you evaluate what flows in balance and what doesn’t. The other image is that of an ocean just having crashed a huge wave of energy up onto your shore, bringing many gifts of shells, driftwood, and stones with it. You have to pick and choose and you can only really see what is there when the ocean is pulling its waters back in preparation for building the next wave leaving the beach uncovered. Choice is a key concept here. In order for balanced adjustment and recalibration to occur, you may need to be ruthless in your choices. If you do not take charge of this process, the universe will do it for you in ways you may not like; trip cancellations, illness, work projects delayed or changed, and other unpleasant surprises. So take some time to recharge your batteries, to correct, prune and simplify, and to adjust the level of activity and expansion to a more balanced pace. And if you should feel you are the victim of an unpleasant surprise, see it as an opportunity to re-evaluate, re-calibrate and re-set life for yourself. PERSONAL GROWTH AND WELL-BEING This is a great opportunity to tell the truth to yourself and others about what you can and cannot handle. It is also a great month to get to know yourself better in terms of what you create and the limitations and edges of your container. You well being will depend on your ability to rest and recharge. Revisit the territory of your boundaries. Are they too loose, too tight? You will learn that in some cases more is not better and in others you have a void to fill. It is all in the essence of balance. The more balanced you are between doing and being, between expanding and contracting, the more grounded and focused and in charge of your life you will be. It is most important not worry about what others think of you and to stay out of your own judgment of others. You will have an opportunity to separate yourself from those that blindly follow the herd without question. RELATIONSHIPS Relationship issues this month will gravitate around time and agreements regarding how time and energy are spent. In business or work relationships there may be issues around the input of time and energy and the need to balance and adjust. What is most important to one person may not be important to another. Good communication, honesty and a good healthy sense of personal needs not directed by the obstacles is needed. If the obstacles are at play, you will see projection, blame and reaction between people that is triggered by old patterns. The best way to support important relationships this month is to acknowledge and support the adjustments people are making in their lives without judgment, expectation or comparisons. If you are entering into new relationships of any kind be careful not to judge or expect based on what you see and experience this month. However, any and all relationships can benefit from corrections and adjustments as long as they come from the heart. PHYSICAL HEALTH AND WELL BEING Issues around physical and mental health could include challenges with depression, low energy, lack of focus, brain imbalance and memory issues, dizziness, fatigue and lack of motivation. Watch for injuries that could keep you from your plans especially if you are overworked or overextended. Broken bones are not out of the question as they are sometimes the short cut to breaking old and stubborn instinctive patterns. Pay attention to your health, be proactive with your choices, watch you diet (food, energy, toxicity in all forms), use your boundaries and don’t be afraid to say no. Remember you can never please everyone, so think of yourself first. BUSINESS, PARTNERSHIPS AND THE ECONOMY The economy is likely to go through a correction, a constricted time of tightening the belt. Again, these times are best navigated through your own personal choices. Individual prosperity can be high and abundant provided you do not rely on the collective correction and are willing to simplify and conserve, especially where it is not important to your personal well being. If your own prosperity relies on mainstream consumers you may need to be resourceful and creative this month. If a project, partnership or business venture goes through a time of constriction, see this as a necessary correction that will allow for deeper and healthier roots in the long term. With regards to legal agreements, unless you have a green light from spirit, leave room for corrections and adjustments. Remember, this is a first draft. CLIMATE, WEATHER AND THE ENVIRONMENT Weather patterns on the surface are likely to be less extreme this month. They may settle into longer, less chaotic trends even if they may be unusual trends. However, deeper rumblings, shifts and changes will be brewing beneath the surface. There is a focus environmentally on water and the oceans. New insights or information about tides, currents, magnetic forces and planetary cycles may emerge. Since this is a fire year, water comes up for balance and healing, in some places, too much water, in others not enough. POLITICS AND GLOBAL ISSUES Look for the themes of adjustment, correction and recalibration to show up politically in terms of truth telling and resetting the stage for local campaigns, and national and international alliances. Most of the global issues will focus on the economy and on the environment. What may seem a setback or reversal will simply be a correction. We are on the right track towards evolution and a greater consciousness. It does not help to worry, blame or be angry. Clean your own pond; take care of your own garage. IMPORTANT DATES July 1-8: A time of correction and choices. Watch attachment, greed and impatience. The personality wants to hold on and persevere, but the spirit is tired. Spirit is fed by choices of the heart. Right choices will energize and rejuvenate you; choices based on false personality and attachments will debilitate you further. Those with terminal illnesses keeping themselves on the planet for another’s agenda may choose to leave during this time. When dealing with karma and karmic relationships where there is not a sense of having personal choice, look at your choice in regards to attitude rather than action. You always have a choice that is yours. July 2: New Moon at 8:19PM Mountain Daylight Time. An excellent time to evaluate your life situation, what you have on your plate, where you feel overextended and stretched beyond your realistic capacity, an what can be modified, corrected, cut, pruned, adjusted and re-set. Keep the motivation for your choices personal and not to please others. Be sure to schedule in a break for yourself sometime this month. July 9-15: Down time. Keep your boundaries clear; watch your diet of people, toxins, food and behaviors. Look at what non-useful excess you still have around you. Simplify plans, rest, rejuvenate, do your laundry, clean your house, make a run to the Salvation Army. This is also a good time frame to upgrade the quality of your experiences, and to raise your level of functioning, not by doing more, but by being more. Watch others as they attempt to draw you into drama, karma, and complication. You can choose not to go there. July 16-22: A window of opportunity for inner peace, satisfaction, joy, relaxation, simplicity and ease that come from appropriate and timely adjustments and corrections. The opposite experiences possible are depression, anger, blame, disappointment, and a general feeling of life not working out the way you want it to. If you choose acceptance and an open heart, the rest will follow. One of the most powerful practices during this time is the practice of presence. Being present with yourself and others and with whatever is occurring in your life will greatly help with clarity around how best to use the influences this month. July 18: Full Moon at 1:59AM Mountain Daylight Time. Use this time to anchor your newly adjusted agendas, relationships, partnerships, plans, dreams, schedules, projects, routines and practices. Look at what still needs tweaking and correct and adjust accordingly. Be disciplined and ruthless about keeping extras off your plate. Be satisfied with what you have and the higher quality and balance now available to you. July 24-31: A bit of squirrelly energy as you may be tested with ups and downs. Check in frequently with yourself to make sure you are following your own agenda and not someone else’s. If you feel stressed, anxious, uncertain, confused or deeply compromised in any way, you may be operating on someone else’s agenda. If you feel excited, inspired, creative, at peace, grounded and balanced, you are likely coming from spirit and your own set of plans. Have a great month! Lena |
