MARS IN PISCES JAN.13TH TO FEB. 20TH, 2015

TIME TO DO THE WORK

Beloveds, Mars, the action planet moved into Pisces on January 13th and will be there until February 20th.  I believe that we (Africans living in America) are ruled by the sign of Pisces, regardless of individual Sun Sign.  Therefore this is a good time to get a move on and to seriously put our spiritual beliefs and practices to work.  Of course if you were born with the Sun in Pisces, or have planets in the 6th and 12th House,or the Moon and other planets in Pisces  you'll be feeling this energy more personally.  

NEPTUNE IN PISCES

Neptune, the planet that rules Pisces, is the higher octave of Venus, planet of personal love and creativity. Neptune influences us to move it up higher to Divine Love, and Divine creativity. 

Neptune is also the planet of visions and dreams or escapism and addictions.  With Mars joining Neptune in Pisces it's time to move forward with our dreams and aspirations and to make the connection with the spirit within.  It's time to rise above ordinary circumstances and to make the dream a reality.

MARTIN LUTHER KING

Dr. King was a Capricorn with the Moon in Pisces. His "I Have a Dream" speech was not planned for the March on Washington, but a last minute change to his original speech.  Yet every year around his birthday in January, we hear about the dream speech.  Being a Capricorn he was grounded in the reality of the time, but while being a preacher and a team player he acquiesced to the demands of his peers to give a more peaceful visionary speech.  Still we can tap into the inner meaning of the "dream" and use our spiritual gifts to make the dream come true.  

WHAT IS YOUR DREAM FOR THIS SOCIETY?

Or, what is your dream for yourself.  Pisces is the sign of Serve or Suffer, so what service are you giving today?  This might sound like a task too big to imagine. However we each have volunteered to reincarnate and be alive at this time on the planet.  As Rev. Michael said last Sunday "you volunteered to come here...now show up!" Each of us came here with individual gifts and talents. I might ask, are you using them to the best of your abilities. Sometimes while counseling others a person will tell me what they've always wanted to do.  Then I'll ask them if they're doing it.  Or what steps they've taken to get closer to their ideal.  I'm always amazed at the answers, or excuses they give.  "I always wanted to be a singer" "well how many hours a day do you vocalize?" "oh I don't have time, I have a job, I have kids, I have a spouse" and on an on they go with the ready excuses as to why they're not following their passion.  I could go on..."I'm not good enough" "I have rent to pay" "nobody believes in me" " I'm too old" " I'm too fat".  Yet if I jar their memory, they remember a time, probably when they were younger, when those excuses never came up for them.  Singers sing, dancers dance, writers write, etc. etc. You see where I'm going with this?  Every successful person that I've counseled has told me about their passion and how they never let outer circumstances stop them from doing it.  

THE LAW OF ATTRACTION

You've probably heard it before, but like attracts like. What we focus on will be drawn to us. But it won't just magically fall into our laps.  With Mars the action planet in Pisces, it's time to activate our gifts and talents and to take steps to move towards our dreams.  If other people are doing it (your dream) then you can do it too.  The internet is an excellent resource of information that can be used to find your way to your dream.  Google it!  The interesting thing about the Law of Attraction is that it acts on everything you think, say or do in an impersonal way.  The Genie is standing beside you and waiting to fulfill your command "Your wish is my command". So if you're busy focusing on all the reasons why you can't be successful at what you say you want to do...you'll get more of that.  It would be helpful to circulate among people who are doers.  You know the whole "birds of a feather" theory? Opt to be around people who are doing stuff and not just making excuses.  MLK had a dream but it didn't stop there. He could have gone back to his church and lived a wonderful life being respected for his talent of oratory.  He had the dream and moved forward on it.  The same holds true for every successful or famous person you've ever heard of.  Focus on what you want, not what you don't want.

POLICE BRUTALITY/BANALITY

If you're tired of hearing about police killings and/or brutality and feel really passionate about it, it must be your spirit, your angels nudging you to do something about it.  I have many intelligent friends who can speak on what's happening and who think they know whose behind it, but they never do anything but talk about it.  I guess their intelligent talk impresses some people as they come up with well researched statistics to prove their point.  I'm not impressed with theorists, unless they have published their findings, or have opted to sharing their knowledge with the unacknowledged ones among us. So when I ask them what they are personally doing about it, they have to get off the phone (laughing).  I don't need another expert to tell me about how bad things are with our community and the police.  I'd much rather spend my time listening to Francis Cress Welsing, who at 80 something years old  is still teaching at Howard University, plus holding community meetings weekly.  The talkers are usually angry and since that anger is internalized it attracts high blood pressure, severe colds and dis-ease. 

The toxic energy destroys the cells in our bodies, lowers the immune system, pollutes the air...

need I go on?  Not telling you to go out and march, or to boycott. Just sit quietly for a few minutes a day (called meditation) and ask your angels and guides for direction.  Mars in Pisces is saying "do something".  That's all folks, Love You Madly (no pun intended) Ayesha

FULL MOON IN CANCER, SUNDAY JANUARY 4TH, 2015

Time is moving so fast, I didn't realize the Full Moon was upon us until I got a splitting headache on Friday. Then I looked up in the sky and saw grandma Moon shining brightly in the night skies. 

FULL MOON IN CANCER

Cancer is ruled by the Moon and the keywords are "I Feel". If you have planets in Cancer (like I do) then you're going to be feeling it up close and personal. What was happening with me was I got locked into a super busy schedule on Friday, didn't hydrate, thus the headache.  Cancer is a cardinal water sign and it begins on the Summer Solstice when the day is longer than the night. In fact each of the cardinal signs governs a season, i.e. Aries, Spring, Cancer Summer, Libra Fall, and Capricorn, Winter.  Each Full Moon is in a sign and we look at the attributes for that sign to determine how we'll be effected. So Full Moon in Cancer brings up the emotions for everyone. Healers/practitioners/occultists all say that we need to be in touch with our feelings and to flow with them or channel them in positive ways.  If you deliberately focus on love, joy, enthusiasm, gratitude, prayer, meditation, then this powerful feeling Full Moon will help those energies to bring you a feel good sensation.  However, if you're worried, angry, resentful, scared, those energies will  undoubtedly make you feel bad, and feeling bad negatively effects the cells in our bodies and creates dis-ease. So how do we stay healthy, happy and joyful when the Full Moon is in the sign that governs our emotions? Practice, practice practice.  This Full Moon is an excellent time to let go of everything you no longer want in your life. From trash, to clutter, to thoughts of doom and gloom, that trigger negative feelings.  

HOW DO I LET GO OF NEGATIVE THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS?

You could first do it on the physical level. When I go to the dump to throw the trash away, I imagine that I'm also throwing away all unwanted thoughts and feelings. I throw the garbage bag in and then lift both arms above my head and say "gone!" I know it looks strange to my neighbors, but it is a feel good activity and an opportunity to symbolically let it all go. 

I also like to symbolically cleanse from negative thoughts when taking a shower. I imagine that this magical water is washing away all negative thoughts and feelings while giving me healing energy. Sometimes I sing away negative thoughts and feelings by singing songs with positive lyrics. I love Ricki BB's songs  on Agape..."I release and I let go, I let Spirit run my life..."  I also say healing prayers and affirmations while lap swimming, or jump up and dance to uplifting music. "Happy" by Pharrell, makes we want to move my body. There are myriad ways to bring up the positive energy. But first you must be aware of how you're thinking and feeling and make a commitment to change the negative into a positive.  

DO IT NOW!

I'll be speaking at the Ta Merry Temple in East Harlem on the aspects for 2015, Saturday January 10, 2015, from 12:00 to 2:00pm. For more information call (212) 837-2790. We're at the beginning of an exciting New Year which gives us an opportunity to change our habits, change our thoughts and feelings and thus change our lives for the better.  Use this Full Moon energy to boost and focus your emotions into positive forms. We have the power to achieve our desires and to make this a better world for ourselves and others.  Make up your mind and do it now! Collectively we can make a difference. Say "Yes" to success. "No" to let go (of everything you no longer want in your life). I love all of you, Ayesha 

2015 - MAKE IT PRISTEEN

HAPPY NEW YOU!

2015 Starts off with the Moon in Taurus, the fixed earth sign, ruled by Venus, planet of love, creativity and money.  Taurus says "I Have" and it rules the 2nd House of Money in the astrological chart.  Taurus can be fixed and stubborn and stuck in the status quo belief system.  Enlightened Taureans are highly creative, have pleasant speaking and singing voices (Stevie Wonder), with a talent for music and interior design. With the Moon in Taurus as the new year comes in, you might be thinking about money or allowing your emotions to keep you stuck in an old way of thinking. The Higher Consciousness beings will opt for change in the status quo and focus on spiritual truths that say "there is always enough to go around".We all have to choose what thoughts and feelings we allow in our minds and spirits as they will effect our physical bodies. The New Year is mega new start energy. 2014 is gone forever and 2015 is the opportunity to let go of the past as we begin again. 

URANUS/PLUTO SQUARE

Uranus in Aries is in square to Pluto in Capricorn.These long distance planets have an effect on the consciousness of earth people on a grander scale.  If you want to know how they are effecting you on a personal level  have an astrologer look at your chart. Basically the Uranus/Pluto square ignites the collective urge to be free and to rebel against the powers that be.  Uranus in Aries wants immediate change, while Pluto in Capricorn says "not so fast". Uranus in Aries defies all reason as it says "we want it now". Pluto in Capricorn says "I hold the power and you'll just have to wait!". Uranus in Aries energy might not be looking at the bigger picture to determine who is at  fault...it just wants immediate change. Pluto in Capricorn is like the iceberg that is only showing the tip, while hiding the real power underneath the waters.  Uranus in Aries exhausts itself, yelling and screaming in the cold, getting arrested. In other words it's not about thinking. It's about action.  The idealistic bent is to  stop the injustice now. There's no patience for the procedures that need to happen in order for significant change to occur. The media thrives on reporting this stuff, therefore we see it on the news. But,  Pluto in Capricorn (the real power) is working behind the scenes. There are power meetings and plans by power brokers to silence the activists. 

As we bring in the New Year the square is existing. This is the 6th of 7 squares between these planetary giants. The last one will happen in the spring. 

SATURN IN SAGITTARIUS

Saturn, planet of discipline and restriction has moved from Scorpio and into Sagittarius starting on Dec. 24th, 2014. Then in June until September 2015, it slips back into Scorpio, and back again in Sagittarius for two more years. So our new year begins with Saturn in Sagittarius, the mutable fire sign that says "yes I can!".  This changes the undercover energy of Saturn in Scorpio and brings to light many things that have been hidden in the dark.  We could move into an era where people who know the truth, dare to tell it. The whistleblower energy comes from people who have higher consciousness with beliefs that "the truth is the light".  Of course with Uranus square Pluto there will be attempts to silence the truth tellers that would make speaking out a dangerous proposition.  With Saturn in Sagittarius, plus Uranus in Aries, and Jupiter, planet of enthusiasm and expansion in Leo, the sign of high drama, 2015 promises to be a highly exciting year.

FIRE TRINE

2015 comes in with three planets in fire signs, i.e. Uranus in Aries, Saturn in Sagittarius and Jupiter in Leo.  There is a golden opportunity to fully use the spiritual laws, the laws of sowing and reaping or cause in effect with purpose and intention to make our lives better on the personal and impersonal levels.  Even with dark clouds looming there will openings where we can see the Sun behind the clouds.  The light at the end of the tunnel.  We were advised to just turn on the light when we entered a darkened room. Instead of whining and complaining  and fighting the darkness, just flip the switch...turn on the light.  We can do this internally and externally. As within, so without, as above, so below. "I stay lifted in High Consciousness no matter what the appearances are". We can choose to either focus on the problems or to use that energy to come up with solutions.  I'll be meditating and praying when the New Year comes in. Asking my angels and guides for solutions to the aggravating problems in my life and in the world. Going to attach myself to the Moon in Taurus energy and refuse to let my monkey mind taunt me with worse case scenarios.  When doubt tries to creep in I'm going to say out loud, "you have no power over me", or "none of this shall bother me", or "all my needs are met!" 

I wish each and every one  of you a happy and productive year. Full of love, Light and Bountiful Blessings.  Gonna clean and make this house and my mind pristine for 2015.