Important cosmic events in January 2012

The planet Mars

BELOVEDS, three important cosmic events happen on the same day...Monday, January 23rd, the New Moon will be in Aquarius, the Chinese Year of the Dragon and Mars the action planet in Virgo goes retrograde until April 13th. Usually we say that New Moon energy is a time to make new starts, to write down your goals and to take advantage of the potential to create something new. We also would say that on the Chinese New Year there's the opportunity to set your goals for a whole year, i.e. "say goodbye to the rabbit and hello to the dragon".

However, with Mars going retrograde in Virgo until April, we're counseling people to be patient, to be willing to go back over stuff that you might have thought you finished, to embrace the wisdom of the ancients who tell us "don't push the river." As we feel these energies long before they actually happen, lately I've been saying "all things are working together for my good!" "It is so, and so it is!" We've said it before, but it's more true now than ever before. This is the best time to start a daily meditation/prayer practice and to pray without ceasing. The New Moon in Aquarius inspires us to be inventive to get unstuck from the mediocrity of the status quo (Rev. Michael Beckwith, spiritual leader of Agape International), to color outside the lines, to open up to the Divine potential that's inside of all of us.

The Chinese New Year of the Water Dragon inspires us to tap into our inner dragon, to be courageous, fearless and to move past the little things that might have been holding us back. The Water Dragon is the most magical and spiritual dragon of all the other dragons as it's power comes from using the spiritual tools that aren't easily seen, but when used, create magnificent and mystifying results. But then retrograde Mars in Virgo says you might have missed something, take time out to put the details together, take care of your health because nothing's moving forward if your body isn't healthy. Mars retrograde in Virgo also says, tweak your diet, pay attention to how your body feels after you eat those things that you know you shouldn't eat. Do some juicing, go on a physical and mental fast, walk, run, do yoga, swim, some physical exercise that will make you feel rejuvenated, healthy and free. Try to eliminate the tendency to say toxic things or to be around people who bring up toxic feelings.

We've said all that before, i.e. take responsibility for your health and know that your health is greatly affected by your thoughts and emotions, as well as diet and exercise. When Mars makes the appearance of going backwards it will go over territory that it traveled when it was going direct. In actuality, Mars has slowed down, while we're still going forward. It's retracing the areas of your life that you may have thought were completed. It presents a golden opportunity to get it right, to correct the typos, to rearrange the paragraphs, to create a better title, to find a better publisher. Can you see where I'm going with this one, as my book still hangs in limbo, waiting for an opportunity to be born (smile)? Even so, I still remember earlier teachers who would tell me, "sometimes you have to take two steps back before you take one step forward." It's not what's happening, but your reaction to it that really matters.

My inner editor tells me that this message could have been shorter, and I could have just said "it is all right, it is all good." And so it is!

I love you all, Ayesha