The main themes for September are ALIGNMENT and COMMITTMENT.

As you navigate the period of time between the 2 eclipses (August 28-September 11), the main challenge will be to stay focused and keep your eye on your own personal goals. 

This is a time to commit to being in alignment with what is important to you in your life and what will bring you closer to spirit and provide you with the most satisfaction. You could say that the opportunity provided you this month could anchor you more deeply and solidly into your true path and align you more strongly with what is in harmony and balance. It is a time to observe and decide with what and with whom you wish to be aligned. This is an important time for setting up the next move on the gameboard of life. The lunar eclipse on August 28th served as the entry point or portal of entry into a powerful surge of energy that will take you in the right direction provided you have leaped into the flow of what is in harmony with you. There is almost a warrior quality to the month as the influences and themes demand that you meet all challenges head on and facing straight ahead. You are like a boat in turbulent whitewater. You will want to be pointing your nose directly into the wave in order to navigate through it instead of being tossed around and ending up on the rocks.

Knowing what you want or better yet what you do not want will be key to taking advantage of the force behind the eclipses. Beware of distractions, trying to manage too full of a plate and getting caught up in drama that belongs to someone else. The operating system of your life has likely been projected from a platform that is outdated and vulnerable to crashing with the first big change. This is a great month to examine the old platform or set of beliefs, icons and imprinting. You are reaching for a new platform and set of beliefs of a higher level of functioning with which to create a new operating system. Whenever you change out the operating system, there follows a necessary time of trouble-shooting and adjustment where you get to see what works and what does not and make the necessary adjustments. During this time, the assemblage point is loosely tethered and you may feel scattered, ungrounded, somewhat anxious and chaotic.

Working with Alignment includes choices around being aligned with energy patterns, people, projects, environments and experiences that vibrate at a higher level of functioning. This could include following your intuition and making a commitment to extricate yourself from relationships, projects, work, environments, habits and patterns of a lower frequency or level of functioning. You will find these old platforms no longer in alignment with who you are today based on your personal growth.

Alignment is a proactive choice. If things feel out of balance, it is up to you to seek out ways to bring them back into harmony. When it requires choice make sure your choices align you with where you are going and not where you have been. This month, more than any other month this year, ambivalence or sitting on the fence about a major choice or decision will cripple you. If you are having trouble staying focused and hopeful, use the sun as an anchor and as an ally that can help you. The sun is of a higher vibration and can help with elevating you to the next level of functioning. Be vigilant and careful from what platform you create ; make sure it is the new and elevated one. Since you will be magnetizing your experiences and what you create, you want to ensure you are creating from the platform you want; one that is aligned with your own personal current choices and not someone else’s. Where there is true alignment, there is power, synchronicity and vibrance. When not, you may feel weak, overwhelmed, struggling, powerless, unfocused and scattered

Once you have made your choices and aligned yourself with what works for you, then comes the commitment and discipline. Staying on the right path takes discipline. You will witness many people, structures, work environments, families, partnerships, good intentions, goals and dreams falling apart at the seams. This will be a result of the patterns that they carry not being in alignment with current more actualized and higher functioning goals and dreams. It is vital that you not identify with this disintegration and focus on creating your own reality. The gap between those that experience their life as  balanced and aligned, and those experiencing life in disharmony, decay and disintegration will widen. Beware of the “misery loves company” syndrome unless you wish to succumb to the clutches of Martyrdom. Remember that we are in an artisan year therefore self-deception, destruction and creativity all play a part in this potent time.

So align yourself with true power, with people that support and inspire you, with work that fulfills you, with practices that feed you, with thoughts that bring a smile to your face, with things that you truly cherish (not ones that were cherished by your ancestors, family or ex’s), with beauty, with love, with gratitude, with peaceful being and with effortless right action.

Stay away from those that need to share their misery and drag you down; from anything that is a struggle or being done for the wrong reasons; from toomany conditions around allowing love, gratitude and inspiration; from judgment, attachments to old goals and dreams, abusive relationships of any kind, negative and toxic thoughts, and any beliefs that are limiting either for now or for the future. You owe a commitment to yourself to get on the right path and to stay on the right path through your unwavering commitment and discipline. If not now, when?

RELATIONSHIPS
Relationships this month will need to come into alignment and balance. This means that if you are not with someone who is on the same page as you are or shares at least 50% of your interests and spiritual outlook, you may need to re-examine what keeps you together. (There may be cases of karma that are exempt from this generalization.)  This will be especially true in work partnerships. If it’s not working now, it will probably only get worse as the gap of vibrational functioning widens. Beware of the attitude of staying in a dysfunctional situation because “you feel needed and can do some good and you are the only one that is keeping a situation sane”. That is a fast road to Martyrdom. It is time to be “selfish” in terms of putting self first. If a relationship is important to you then you owe it to yourself to make the time to put some energy into it. This is where the commitment of the month comes into play. Examine your relationships on all levels and  decide where you are committed and where you are not.

PERSONAL GROWTH AND WELL-BEING
This area can truly make a leap forward in terms of personal growth, expansion and change. The most significant area is that of power. If you do the work, you will be able to access a great deal more power and step up to the plate and into the world with more clarity, confidence and commitment than before. For you older souls who have been quietly doing your work behind the scenes for years and never feeling understood, appreciated or useful, this could all change as those who are falling apart at the seams begin to look for and acknowledge other role models. In order to step into power it will be necessary to eliminate anything and everything in your life that dis-empowers you. You may have to displease others in the process but that is the price.

PHYSICAL HEALTH
As the body reaches for an alignment to a higher vibrational frequency, you may struggle with aches especially in the joints and nerve pathways, occasional fatigue and fluctuations in hormones, thyroid and levels of energy. It is extremely important that you get regular exercise to keep things moving. This is also a great time to get chiropractic adjustments and deep tissue bodywork. Not only does body work help with alignment but it will help get to some of those old patterns that are in your tissues so that you can release them. Be compassionate and supportive to the body; give it what it needs.

BUSINESS, FINANCE, PARTNERSHIPS
The first part of the month and especially during the time between the eclipses (August 28-September 11) is a time of examination, choices and decisions about what does not work and what is not in alignment. Choices are better made from the heart instead of the head. The mind of your personality is limited to what it sees as rational and does not have the wisdom of all the possibilities and what they may bring. Your heart on the other hand knows a great deal more. This of course requires trust. In business endeavors and projects, the people involved must “feel” right, not just look right on paper. The projects should feel right as well. In terms of finances, we have always said that you money should always be in something you believe in and that feels right. This is an important area to keep yourself clear of others with a negative attitude, Martyrdom, and projection of a negative future. Remember you create your own reality.

CLIMATE, WEATHER, THE ENVIRONMENT
We are likely to continue to see more force behind any weather phenomena. Just as with your own bodies, the earth as a body will go through adjustments and re-alignment. What we may experience is odd climate patterns, unusual temperatures and unexpected weather. It is good to be prepared and flexible. If you are going into a place where it is always warm, bring a jacket anyway. In terms of the environment in the larger picture, look for increasing acceptance of a greater responsibility to do what it takes to care better for our resources. There is a slow moving trend towards a more mature attitude that will take a bit longer to manifest, but it is moving in the right direction non-the-less.

POLITICS, GOVERNMENT, GLOBAL ISSUES
Look for a continuing re-alignment and re-assignment as individuals and groups re-examine their positions. There is a lot of shifting and change happening that we may not be able to see yet in a tangible way. Many structures will be falling apart at the seams especially if they have been aligned with something that is not solid at the core. There may even be some surprises as choices are made to impement change.


Specific Dates

September 1-6: We’re in the channel of movement towards alignment. I what you need to do will be very obvious if you follow the signs. If it is not right, things simply will not work and you will experience disintegration. If they are in alignment, you will experience the seas parting, tremendous support, and a feeling of rightness in your heart. Do not be afraid of leaving the lower vibrational frequency behind and put yourself first.

September 7-12: A time that support clarity and conviction. The road unfolds and the path becomes clear. Watch for those that try to drag you back. Stay out of their drama and the need to “help”. This is a good time to do something that you have never done before and to work with building a new and higher level base of power.

September 11: New Moon is at 6:44AM Mountain Time (one hour later for daylight). Partial solar eclipse is at 6:32 AM Mountain Time (one hour later for daylight). This marks the end of the time between the 2 eclipses that provided such an opportunity for choice, change and power. However is it not the end of the process by any means. Think of this time as the disengaging of the engine that thrust you forward. Now it is up to you to steer the glide. Use this powerful day to anchor your commitments and choices regarding with whom and with what you wish to be aligned.

September 13-17: A period of sifting and sorting. It is important to stay out of the mind and de disciplined about allowing the heart to lead. You may experience doubts regarding some of your recent decisions and choices. Trust how it feels and gauge the rightness of your decisions by what is opening up around them or not. If you find yourself in struggle them something else needs attention or re-alignment.

September 18-25: Discipline and commitment are tested during this period. The good news is that you will want to be disciplined and you will have the energy and support for it. The biggest discipline will be staying out of negative thinking, limiting beliefs and judgments; and staying in trust to spirit that the choices and decisions you have made are right. This is an important time to be around people that are on the same page as you are. Community support is essential.

September 22: Autumn Equinox is at 3:51 PM Mountain Time (one hour later for daylight). An important day to honor the self and do some kind of ritual around your choices to align with whatever will anchor you to a higher level of functioning. Acknowledge and put a definition on the new platform from which you will create your life from here on in.

September 26: Full Moon is at 1:45 PM Mountain Time (one hour later for daylight). Practice gratitude for where you are and compassion for others who may be suffering and struggling with their attachments and disappointed expectations. Honor spirit in some higher centered way. Be around beauty, nature and other inspiring environments and people.

September 27-30: A time of anchoring in a very physical way your new platform. Do a practice or discipline every day that reminds you and others of your path towards a higher level of functioning. There may be some in your life that get left behind at this stage. You cannot bring them along. This is a personal challenge. If you are struggling with ambivalence, despair or drama, chances are you allowed your mind to step into the drivers seat and convince you that your fears were real and that your heart was not wise. Re-examine to see if you are still trying to align yourself with something or someone that is not in alignment with where you need to be. You may need to make a hard choice.

Have a great month,
Lena and Jose