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The forces of Nature might have birthed and may be enlivening a new Global Soul Movement. This November the seasons as well as the planets are literally lining up to encourage a different cosmic day, and our physical Body-Mind-Spirit is aligned as well. Venus is prominent in this new cosmic day, a day of choosing wholeness - and it all comes down to the breath.
Matching the energy. First, to clarify, it is my understanding that the term “cosmic day” is really a period of time that last hundreds of thousands of years - a very long time. Now, on a planetary scale something magnificent has been catalyzed with the U.S. presidential election decision. Barack Obama personifies the best of us, the essence of who we are, a divine intelligence that includes the steps to the highest levels of self. These are characteristics of Venus. Venus influences in many ways with wisdom innate within each of us. This is important because now we can choose to match the energies President-elect Obama embodies. An exciting shift in global soul movement has begun.
What nurtures and sustains the soul. Astrologically, Venus and Jupiter actually are moving closer together in the night sky during November and will appear to be touching by November 30. Jupiter is all about expansion. Jupiter represents soul movement. Physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually, Venus represents our relationship with our personal ideals of peace, love, beauty, order and harmony. Venus tells us what sustains and nurtures the soul. Venus brings us common sense by harmonizing our breath, the complete union of inhale and exhale. Venus teaches us how to be mother and father to ourselves, how to nurture the Light that we are.
A pattern for the coming year. According to Cayelin K. Castell (CelestialTimings.com) in her NovemberCelestial Timings, “One of the factors that is occurring now that helps to set the pattern for the coming year is the Moon conjunction with Venus at the 4th Gate referred to by the Sumerians as the Gate of Compassion. The "out of bounds" Sagittarius Moon meets with Venus (17 Sagittarius) just after Midnight Pacific Time [November 1]. This marks the passage of the Queen of Heaven through the fourth gate on her return journey from the underworld.
The current Venus cycle is now in her evening star phase where she is retrieving the vestments she was required to give up when she was going into the underworld. The fourth gate is associated with the fourth chakra (a.k.a the heart chakra) where she retrieves her Breast Plate and her ability to truly love herself in healthy ways and thus truly love others. This powerful theme of Self-Love is being set into the unfolding pattern for the coming year. Genuine healthy Self-Love is perhaps the most primary key to living a fulfilling, joyful life and to navigating these chaotic times.”
Big, loud exhales. On election night, a large group of folks in our town filled a local restaurant to watch the results. After Barack Obama was announced the winner I found myself exhaling big loud, sighing exhales the rest of the evening. Everyone in the restaurant was crying, sighing, laughing - lots of big exhaling was happening. Grant Park, Chicago was even larger numbers of the same. I had a sense that the whole world was probably exhaling too, having held its breath quite a bit over the last 8 years. This is important because under an ongoing stress of unconsciously not breathing feeling able to breathe, an individual can only handle surface facts and tends to lose its sense of self because the body system spends its precious life force doing everything in its power just to stay alive. All of its reserves get used up surviving.
Really okay to exhale. The act of breathing has been all over the news. The day after the election, Keith Olbermann of MSNBC’s Countdown told the world, "Alright, you can all exhale now.” Imagine not being able to exhale. The body would die. Well, energetically, a dying process was happening for millions and millions of people during the last 8 years. Not being able to breathe easily and completely was surely the cause of massive hopelessness.
Prime directive for a nation. Now, maybe, just maybe a few billion humans physically joyfully exhaling with relief and hope at the same time is a clue to understanding a palpable support from Venus at this time. As an integrative healing arts practitioner, I am always looking at a person’s energies. How a person breathes is the body’s way of giving me insights about how to help. Synchronistic, collectively breathing individuals around the globe is a big deal. Some Eastern philosophies tell us that in the human body, the breath is ruled by the planet Venus. In Traditional Chinese Five Element Theory, Venus is the Air Element, which governs the Lung and Large Intestine functions of the body, the inflow and outflow of Life Energy. The “prime directive” of the Air Element is to balance Body, Mind and Spirit. What a great “prime directive” for a nation and a planet to have!
Fall is the season. Traditional Five Element Theory saysthe season on Earth associated with the Air Element and the Lung-Large Intestine functions is fall. The best time of the year for the breath of the body - the harmonizing of which energizes common understandings and personal ideals of beauty and order - to do its optimum work in supporting the whole system is autumn. For those in the Northern Hemisphere, our breath (ruled by Venus) is receiving the added benefit of being enlivened during the fall season.
A lot of people fell back. During the last few weeks, many countries around the world “fell” back to Standard Time from the previous Daylight Savings Time. A visceral changing of the seasons is heralded in when countries return to Standard Time. Sleep patterns change. Vast numbers of people are affected. Fall is the season of “Letting go,” surrendering to the natural time of renewal to awaken again in Spring with full forces and plenty of reserves available. In the Northern Hemisphere, Earth exhales in the fall. In the Southern Hemisphere, Earth is inhaling right now with spring. Yes, a Cosmic Breath is alive on Earth right now as Nature exhales and inhales, and Venus is the balancer for all.
Earth shifted. Another dimension in the momentum occurring with Venus, the breath and a new world leader is this. Consider the possibility that the Earth really shifted on Nov. 4. In that very moment in consciousness when Obama won and the masses breathed in unison, the world stopped the old dark direction, turned and began spinning in a different direction, a direction of compassion and wholeness. Until that moment, multitudes were unconsciously holding their breath. In a flash, we cried, exhaled, laughed and smiled together. We catapulted a global soul movement. Yes, that sounds big. Yes, the details have to be worked out by each of us, individually and collectively. And, our path is illumined by Venus and our breath.
The date is perfect. Numerological notes add to the forces of Nature aligning with Venus, the Breath, and Earth shifting. A point of critical mass profoundly occurred on November 4, 2008. Look at the numbers of that month, day and year: 11 (November) + 4 (the day of the year) + 2008. Add the numbers and the total is 2023. 2023 can be reduced to 2+0+2+3, which equals 7. 7 came into the Universe meaning Perfect Victory. In the body’s natural system of healing, 7 is located on the body at the big toes, and (surprise) helps the whole body breathe from toes to head and head to toes. In Traditional Chinese Acupuncture, 7 is the location for the beginning of the Spleen Meridian. Spleen is all about nourishing and nurturing the entire Body-Mind-Spirit system. Vitalizing and energizing the whole body, your spleen function is in harmony when you feel more enthusiasm for life. Spleen function supports the breath. Spleen function and the number 7 are synonymous.
Collectively when a world has been unable to completely breathe and someone like Obama and Team comes in with vibrancy, strength and compassion, making it their life's work to help us thrive, we can feel our own enthusiasm and vitality returning. Our breath, our Spleen chi and all aspects of our entire Body-Mind-Spirit respond. So it seems the forces and rhythms of Nature have “divinely intervened” to enable you and I to feel unburdened and uplifted as we face and overcome obstacles and stay focused on visions of a holistic, healthy civilization. Remember to breathe.
Sincerely,
Barbara J. Semple, CMT, ACMT
Self-Care Expert
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Barbara J. Semple is an integrative healing arts Jin Shin Jyutsu® practitioner and teacher of spiritual healing self-help. She is author of Soul Aerobics® - Conscious Movement of a Soul Into Wholeness.Her first published work, Personal Power Cards – Flash Cards for Emotional Wellness set a tone for easy-to-use self-help tools long before any other card sets were available on the market. New Age Retailer called Barbara’s Personal Power Cards “one of the best recovery tools ever seen.” Her newest book is Healing Touch Quick Steps HOME GUIDE – 42 Powerful Things You Can Do Instantly to Bring Your Body into Harmony. Barbara can be reached at www.healingtouchquicksteps.com. |
