May 2008 Monthly Forecast

Summary of the Month

May has two nexuses* in it; one on the 3^rd, 4^th and 5^th and one on the 25^th and 26^th. The first nexus pivots away from emotionally dealing with all of our relationship issues towards taking action instead, especially in our careers. Most of May is a moving centered month. You will be compelled to do something with the fire energy that envelops the planet until the 25^th and 26^th. After that, we will be in re-evaluation, working on fortifying our success for the rest of the month and into June.

What is your action going to be focused towards? To initiate activity with your new or revised partnerships that you formed in March and especially April, you will begin focusing on productivity. The King energy will be here in full swing in June. But the actions you take now are all about using change to fix problems long denied, buried or ignored. You will be doing something to get a new job, build a new business partnership, and move firmly into a new romance or any number of other things that shift your life forward and to a higher frequency.

That comes with a price; fire energy will be up this month. Watch out for overdoing. You can overdo that exercise program or over-commit to new relationships or over-indulge your favorite vices. This is a month to start new things, but don’t try to finish them all, just get the ball rolling.

May Focal Points

The first 2 days of May are a continuation of April. You will be working on bringing all of your first 5 circles of acceptance** into new alignment. You started off April working on your 4^th and 5^th circles of acquaintances. You moved to working on 3^rd circles closer friendships from the 12^th to the 22^nd. You added in your first and second circles, those closest to you, after the 22^nd. Many of you spent the end of April juggling all of that. You continued to see changes, not only in your family and loved ones, closest friends and associates; but also in projects you started with others earlier in the month.

April’s focus ends on the afternoon of May 3^rd, East Coast time. You can feel the energy start to shift towards action that weekend. It is time to get out into the world and start making things happen. Get your boogying shoes on and get going.

By midday Monday, the cycle is under way. It lasts until the 25^th with the peak on the 18^th. Let’s break that down.

May 5^th to May 18^th – April was about getting in touch with your relationships. That required you to use your emotional center. Now you want results. Your to-do list is too long. You spent April talking, relating, and feeling, retooling and investigating who you work with, live with and love. May helps you break through to results. Now is the time to file those incorporation plans with the State. Take out a marriage license, reserve the hall, open that deli, hire a real estate agent, go to a dance, and book that vacation or business trip.

Just be careful. Don’t try to do all of those things at once. The energy in May is fire energy. It wants to initiate and then let the fireworks go where they go. The tendency is to explode in every direction at once, all projects trying to get to the finish line first. Work through each project carefully and with gusto, and do them one at a time. Make sure to take some timeouts along the way. Watch your over-indulgences, especially if you like alcohol, smoking or playing with mind-altering substances.

May’s fire can imbalance you very quickly; especially as we build to the energy peak of the 18^th. Take some time to ground yourself. Monitor the things that cause you to loosen your grip on reality. As you read this early in the month, you won’t be pulled by the surge of adrenaline that comes from moving centered energy; but you will be later in the month. Budget some time now to evaluate and document your progress throughout the month.

What fun May will be! You will feel tremendously alive most of the month. Humans are physical beings and you will get physical in May. You want to work, play, dance, sing, investigate, love, have sex, make money, initiate new business and take risks. The energy will build as the days pass. The surge of energy you feel on the 5^th and 6^th only grows stronger. You will sleep less, work more and make room for new and exciting social events, all at the same time.

This fervor keeps building through the 15^th and over the weekend of the 16^th and 17^th. Each day offers more progress, new excitements, and greater rushes of progress; both personal and professional. It seems as if there is no limit to what can happen.

You need to integrate that energy and discard the excess. You can do that by meditating, exercising, loving your partner or hugging your friends. Take time to document your progress. Ponder what you have done. Feel the success. Then let it go and move on. If you resist, you may over-amp yourself and cause a blowout. Expect some road rage around you. Many feel the fire so intensely they literally want to howl at the moon. Use some of the surge you feel to handle long overdue maintenance. Backup hard drives, go get that tune up. This is especially true for electrical repairs. With the surges you are experiencing, it will be easy to just knock chores off of your to-do list and continue to feel the joy and excitement that May brings you.

May 19^th – This is a full moon day and especially exciting. The energy will be tremendous. So much so, that it may feel like everyone wants your attention that day, all at the same time. Be patient. The moon will crest in energy around 10pm Eastern, 7pm Pacific. Do the best you can to get a good night sleep and release the energy around you in a healthy way.

May 20^th to the 24^th – Slowly the intensity starts to recede. New projects can be launched, and relationships can continue to develop, both personally and professionally; but each day is less intense than the last. You will find it easier each day to stay balanced. Think about wrapping up short-term projects as we get into the Memorial Day weekend.

May 25^th and 26^th – The energy pauses now. Take stock of everything you did. Bask in the glow of it. Really relax these two days. Physical plane cycles do not surge straight ahead in a linear fashion; they move; then pause; then review and consolidate before moving ahead again. Relax now. Be responsible. Your body is probably tired and needs grounding. Find something to do by yourself that refreshes you. Walk through a forest for a few hours, go for a swim or take a leisurely bike ride. Savor what you accomplished in May.

May 27^th to the end of the month – Mercury is now retrograde. Expect property powered by electricity to show you where it needs repair. Power grids will feel the strain. Lightening and tornadoes, if not already out in force will now manifest in seasonal to higher than normal numbers. If you did maintenance, protected your expensive electrical equipment with a tune-up, or surge protectors, the impact on you will probably be small and manageable.

If you didn’t pay attention earlier, expect the planet to show you what repairs you missed. Many times, in a Mercury retrograde period, communication is jumbled and confused. That will be less so this retrograde event. You can rely on what you put into writing, and depend more on the written and spoken word of others than you usually can in a Mercury retrograde period. Instead its focus will be on exposing the weaknesses of the new projects you started. So the end of May and into June entails tweaking, retrenchment, and repair. You will want to fortify gains made earlier in the month.

May’s energy feels like a wave building, then peaking; splaying out to the shore and then pulling back out to sea. Surf that energy and great things can be yours. This is the month that you begin to see the emergence of the deals, relationships and changes that can impact you for years to come. Or to quote Dobie Gillis, “Good stuff, Maynard.”

Issues and Archetypes this month

Stones, Crystals and Colors

The colors this month are bright red, raspberry red, and brick red. These capture the passion of the month. Buttery yellows help your mind keep up with all the moving centeredness. Bright, tropical yellow-green represents the growth that will be present in May. Late in the month warm browns promote healing and grounding.

Stones of the month are orange calcite and brick-red jasper. Orange calcite will keep your emotions positive and reduce anger from over-exertion. Brick red Jasper helps balance emotions on almost every level and aligns female and male energy in our relationships.

Politics

After the primary in Guam, the month gets off to a roaring start with elections in North Carolina and Indiana. This sets the tide in motion for the Democratic nomination. We still see Barack Obama very likely winning this nomination.

The elections look like an almost 50-50 split in Indiana, and a decent to moderate win for Barack Obama in North Carolina. He will continue to extend his delegate lead and get back much of what he lost in Pennsylvania. Hillary Clinton will do very well in West Virginia on the 13^th. Kentucky and Oregon offset each other. It will be certain he wins the pledged delegate count. It will be highly likely that he wins the popular vote as well for the campaign to date; and the Super Delegates know all of this.

The Super Delegates will begin to use the moving centered energy after May 6th to declare their commitment. Once this energy starts, it picks up steam into the middle of the month. The key is watching what happens on the nexus of the 3^rd through the 5^th. Clinton has won the energy battle on the last few nexuses. Obama needs to claim this one. One issue on the table immediately is the continued use of the Obstacle of Arrogance by Rev. Wright, Obama’s former pastor and long time friend. There will also be increasing pressure to decide on a candidate so that Democrats can get into the business of preparing for John McCain in the fall.

This contest is now about frequency. This is a minority parallel. Its higher frequency energy suits Obama the Priest better than Clinton the Warrior. The Wright controversy will not go away unless Obama can once again (and finally) step forward and raise the frequency around his followers. Obama needs to have a speech about religion just like he did about race. If not, then Arrogance lowers the frequency considerably, favoring Clinton. Both are in Perseverance mode, although Obama only slides to it from Observation. It should be exciting to watch the mode dynamics between them in May.

Watch for the continued emergence of Local election issues as well. The Democrats can vote in up to 60 Senators in November and really shift the direction of U.S. politics for at least two years. Obama would move more deeply to the left than Clinton. Many states may be Democratic rather than Republican for the first time in years or even decades. This trend goes down into the local communities as well. More on that in June and July as we see the “bluing” of the Central U.S. and Far West emerge more strongly than anyone could have imagined just a year ago.

Animals

Well, animals play a larger role in our lives in May than in April. Now you can spend some time outdoors and connect with wild animals again. Seeing them and pondering what life is like for them allows you to consider the balance that nature provides. Wild animals are moving centered most of the time, so watch for what animals appear for you. Each has a message about the direction you are headed. While it is too difficult in this space to give specific interpretations, airborne animals will help you look at your freedom and mobility issues, ground based animals will be sending you the message to stay balanced and water animals will encourage you to work with your emotions as you move around this month.

Animal shows and causes will be more prominent as well. Expect more people to become aware of the environmental stresses on wild animals. We see bees in the news. You may watch a show on the diminishing habitat of Polar bears and decide something must be done for them “because their plight means our negative impact on the environment is real and will soon impact me.” Using the submission energy of the year means doing something for the inhabitants of nature, rather than solely focusing on one’s own needs.

Your pets are also active this month, trying to help you stay balanced and grounded. They will also want to move about more than usual, so get them the exercise they normally need but may be lacking lately. Watch their hydration and monitor their activity level. Just like their masters, they too can get overwhelmed with the energy of the month and wear down by the end of May. Get them the treatment they need and keep them fresh, clean and well groomed. They will need that to process all the moving center energy along side their loving caregivers.

Weather and Travel

This is a fairly easy month for weather and travel. The major danger is tornadoes on the weather front. The predominant weather pattern is a stagnant jet stream that enters the continental U.S. in Washington, drops southward through the Rockies, bottoms out in Oklahoma and Kansas and then curves upward through Appalachia and exits the country in the Mid-Atlantic region. Normally this curve moves south as the winter ends and slowly goes northward again. It didn’t drop south this year. That created the cold winter in the central U.S. and Canada.

Well, that jet stream will barely budge, but the sun will bring warming. It will still be mild north of that curve, but get hotter and hotter south of it. That generates tornadoes and thunderstorms. This is a typical pattern for May, this year the energy is just a bit stronger. Earthquakes are in normal ranges, but expect some increased volcanic flows in areas where they already exist. It is possible to see a few new eruptions but nothing on the scale of Mt. St. Helen’s eruption.

Travel by water and car look smooth, and air traffic will be impacted only by system delays from weather for most of the month. Fuel costs are the biggest problem there. Water travel gets a boost since water cools the fire energy of the month. It is possible, especially at month’s end, to see electrical grid problems, both local and regional emerge and causes delays and brownouts. Watch for overheating; especially later in the month, with cars and trucks especially. The populace will want to move around in May and won’t suffer delays lightly.

Health and Exercise

This is a health-oriented month, because getting out and about will not be a problem. It will seem easy to start that exercise plan, change the way you eat or do something to shift your physical condition. Now, in May, the weather will support you as well. Spend time outdoors and connect with the natural world. This will not only improve your health, but improve your outlook as well.

If you haven’t exercised a great deal for quite sometime; your body will groan at you if you overdo. Listen to it. Take breaks and collect yourself. Watch over-indulgence, especially smoking and drinking. Watch for a bit of exhaustion towards month-end. Take some time away and regroup in the last week of the month if you can.

While the temptation to just charge blindly ahead will be strong, it can be enjoyable if you exercise and diet in moderation and vent energy appropriately when life gets intense. Enjoy spring, it is finally here and can revitalize you and your family.

Love and Relationships

This is an easy month to use the second and third chakras. That means dancing, partying, redecorating, creative explosions, spiritual enlightenment, and great sex. If you are in a relationship, expect the energy of it to increase for most of the month. If you are just starting one, expect to get to know one another more quickly than usual. This is a month to commit to a wedding, start a family, or deepen your relationships in other ways. It will be hard to ignore the urge to do something with others this month, so don’t try. Instead, remain balanced and do not do something just for the sake of doing it.

April was a very intense relationship month. May is less so, but you will want to propel your new or redesigned agreements forward. Feel the flow and stay in it. This is a great time to just be with those you love and see where the adventure leads.

Love will feel more like an amusement park ride in May, which is a great deal of fun. The ride slows down by month’s end for re-evaluation.

Business and Money

Wow, May will start to see a shift in the business climate. It will be subtle, but it will be there. The economic stimulus will, in most parallels, spur some Consumer spending finally. Now, this is just the government printing money, plain and simple. But, in the short term, it works. People say now that they will pay bills or save extra cash, but businesses will be doing their best to capture as much of that money as they can.

Expect to see sales, sales and more sales. New products, creative financing packages and increased advertising will emerge this month. Traditional consumer companies like GE, Kraft, Johnson and Johnson, and Nabisco will become more visible. Small ticket items, especially electronics and health care products will sell well as the month unfolds. Real estate will begin to show signs of a rebound this summer. Airlines and automobile companies, as well as poorly managed financial companies, will take longer to recover.

Printing money puts inflationary pressure on the economy. Energy prices will also continue to drive all prices higher. The Federal Reserve will come under extremely intense pressure to keep inflation and interest rates low at the same time; starting in May, and continuing over the summer as more and more stimulus checks are sent out.

We see the Federal government holding interest rates steady in the next few months. This would have two effects. It would improve the dollar and consequently reduce oil prices for the end of summer and fall. It looks like the dollar will drop to be worth less than 1.50 Euros by year end. It will take until 2009 to get war costs reduced, and also remove the fear premium that has driven energy prices so high. The King energy from June forward will force changes, however. Expect improvement in hiring over the summer, starting in May. Income gains just won’t jump until 2009, after the election; but the sense that change is coming will improve consumer confidence starting now.

Impact on Roles or Overleaves

This month we look at Modes and how the moving center influences how you go about achieving your goals.

Passion

This is a great month for those in Passion. Get out and use those communications skills to advance your plans. Embrace options that feel right for you and reject those that don’t. The moving centered energy pushes you into the limelight, working with groups large and small. You’ll be in the spotlight and hard to miss.

Reserve

You will be encouraged to really accomplish a lot in May. Reserve mode folks can be very quiet, almost stoical at times, saying only a few words, precisely aligned. This month, expect to say quite a bit more; and more directly to the issue. You will be up front about what you think works best. You may not be exactly boisterous; but you will be much more visible than usual.

Aggression

You will be the one to rally the forces this month. You want to lead the crowd off towards a new cause and get the paradigm changed. Now is the time to really shift into high gear, and you’ll be almost dragging some people with you. You will especially want physical exertion this month and will probably lead a group in some form of action. It helps you if you remember to inspire people forward rather than solely commanding them to move. Everyone else has priorities too. When theirs align with yours, the results will be record setting.

Perseverance

May is the month where Perseverance begins to pay off. Projects you have had underway for quite some time will complete this month. Your main sense at month’s end is profound satisfaction. St. Augustine said “the reward of patience is patience.” Well, you get the reward of finishing things as well this month, so smile as everyone around you watches you flow happily into June.

Power

This is productivity month for those of you in Power. Normally, you are very good at knowing the rules and understanding processes. May provides you a chance to work that to-do list down to nothing. You like directing many paths of activity, especially if things are running smoothly. So watch the pace of your projects increase. You are so “in the flow,” time may seem to disappear for you occasionally. You will take more calculated risks this month than usual.

Caution

Caution mode people see life’s complexities more easily. They like to solve things right the first time and not struggle with reworking an issue. So whatever they do, they do very well. This month, you will forcefully express these complexities and make sure everyone agrees to address them; rather than just turning a blind eye and dealing with more problems later.

Observation

Normally, Observation mode people are quiet. You are the last ones to speak, after fully ascertaining the scope of an issue. This month, you are full of opinions and will not hesitate to share them. You will be discriminating and precise in what you share and describe. Rather than be a retiring wallflower, you will speak up with concise, cogent commentary. If you slide to another mode (and almost all of you in Observation do), the results will be dynamic this month.

Have a great May; we will see you again at the beginning of June.

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*Let us refresh everyone on what a nexus is. Within a parallel universe, which is where we all are now, are threads of energy. We call that the tapestry of life. There are hundreds of millions of them, representing all vibrational types, from high frequency, massive change energy, to low frequency, very stable energy. We, in our teaching, attempt to define and identify many of those threads of energy. Sometimes the threads are heading in different directions, sometimes a portion of the threads come very close together.

When they do, we call that a nexus. The compression of all the threads creates an overarching energy and no two nexuses are alike. But you can access that compressed area with intention on your part. So we try to help identify what the nature of each nexus is and how long it lasts. The close proximity of the threads allows you, the human on Earth, to use the energy more easily, with less stress and fewer unexpected consequences. It is a purer and more intense form of energy.

** See the April 2008 Forecast for a more complete explanation of the first 5 circles of acceptance.

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