December 2007 Monthly Forecast

Summary of the Month

We all want the new clarity, peace and balance that we get from fine-tuning our parallel universe experiences every 21 years. We began the process of reviewing and reintegrating our subconscious knowledge through our first chakras back in October; and left November honoring our second chakra, which supports creativity, spirituality, sexuality and the higher aspects of romance. We have now begun to reopen these qualities that many felt cut off from earlier in the year. This continues into early December when, on the 10^th, we add in honoring and manifesting the fruits of our labors using the third chakra until the 23^rd. This change will allow you to act on what matters to you and take a stand on issues that have been hanging around far too long. It will be a very decisive time, using the moving center to get projects manifested and completed.  Then on the 23^rd, we migrate up to the fourth chakra. That shift will be about connecting with your true emotional clarity and then letting go of many issues and challenges that brought you to where you are now. After the 26^th, a period of personal satisfaction will reign, based on your heart chakra feeling warmly connected and proceeding in forgiveness and gratitude toward others that really matter to you.

December Focal Points

People will want to make peace within themselves and with others this month. This will manifest in community concern towards how we perceive and treat minority groups.  How do we see others, particularly others who are a different sex, age, orientation, race, creed or color?  How does my community treat those around me who are Muslim or gay? It will also manifest in forgiveness and healing of old grudges and wounds between family members and friends.

The consciousness in the United States is shifting towards respect for others, even if they are different from us. That is propelled forward by the integration that everyone has been going through with their parallel lives as well as the recognition of where they really stand now that they are more clear and focused.  We feel differently than we did three months ago, or three years ago. What do we stand for in December 2007?  People will feel reborn, bursting with new observations and ascertainments of themselves.

This rebirthing will grab onto the mature-soul process that many parts of the planet have well underway.  To feel the mature awareness means one must acknowledge that we are all different varieties of the same humanity, each one being valid.  This will bring new perceptions of what is acceptable because people we know and extend love to will also stand in their new selves as well. We will be compelled to accept them, however they may show up. To quote one young student:  “Bill is gay! I never knew. Well, it must be okay to be gay if Bill is, because I love Bill.”

This month marks the early beginnings of releasing young-soul polarizing behavior in the U.S.  That polarizing behavior, where I only care about me, or myself and a very elite social set above all others, is young-soul behavior. Mature-soul perspective holds that we are all in a village and we need many different kinds of people to make that work.  It is too hard to go it alone; we leave too many people behind if we do. In some situations, decisions or conflict resolutions may take longer since all members of the group need to be heard; but group consensus can solve any kind of problems and issues we face. So it won’t make sense to keep the baby-and-young-soul perceptions we held as a culture for much longer.   This begins a slow, but major shift towards being inclusive rather than exclusive, joining rather than separating.

We are not saying that racism, sexism and other prejudices will go away, but that it is time to address them once more.  This hyper-awareness was last seen in the U.S. in the 1950’s; and, after a bit of progress, people re-buried these issues, pretending that a few laws and social niceties addressed them.  Not so.  The energy of fear, prejudice and xenophobia was driven underground, so that we’ve seen, in the last few years, many fringe groups practicing harmful behaviors openly.  This helps explain the surge of child predators, serial killers, hate crimes, and so on. Labeling hateful or resistant behaviors as “unacceptable” and heading off to cocktail parties does not resolve these issues. By postponing the healing of these societal wounds, we let them grow and grow. Now communities will be expanding the definition of what is main stream; and this month these discussions come into the forefront.

So, what prompted these sensitive topics to come forward now? We went through a Sun trine Uranus aspect astrologically which helps move forward two agendas. One is a push to change things and bring them into alignment even more than they normally would be. This push helps people see the commonality that exists between humans, despite outward appearances or issues that we may have as individuals. The second is the recognition of the unusual as acceptable.   

Having that Uranian influence means that all sorts of less usual phenomena will be examined leading to greater acceptance of physical oddities or disabilities, acceptance of different body shapes, sizes and colors, of different religious or political beliefs, of same-sex or interracial marriages. And by acceptance, we mean, at this point, a more universal tolerance.  Most people on this planet are not ready to embrace every variation of human or their non-mainstream behaviors.  That won’t happen until well into the old-soul phase of the planet, centuries from now.

The mature-soul phase we are entering will allow us all to see others as simply other human beings. This creates an ever-expanding view of people as peers with unique flavors, rather than being superior or inferior. Even older souls will be growing in this phase as we examine what we can tolerate, what we can acknowledge, and how to expand what we can embrace. Older souls will crave the greater stability and peace this tolerance could produce. Many infant and baby souls will see this as a threat to their rules and way of life.  You will definitely see some form of retrenchment and restatement of their belief systems.

In addition to the above, there will be more than just talk this month; there will be action, especially between the 10^th and the 23^rd.  People need to not only take stock and become more accepting and tolerant; but also be willing to take action.  Now is the time to heal long-standing bitterness and grudges. Many more conscious people will do more service, hands-on craftsmanship, and business building, than shopping and spending this month. You will be examining how your behavior is in alignment with your beliefs and the standards you have now reset for yourself. Many of you will be making homemade gifts for others this holiday season.  This entire month will have a nostalgic, Norman Rockwell feeling to it, more so than usual.  Part of launching forward is honoring the past.  It will be easy to feel very sentimental this month. Stay in service to others and you will remain balanced. If you are imbalanced, you will lean toward melancholy.

The month will not be as mechanistic as other Decembers, because the overarching pull this month is toward choosing clearly what you and your loved ones want to be truly acknowledged and happy.  This is bigger than the holidays; this is about how you want to live for the next 21 years. You can’t see that far ahead, so there is an element of faith in your choices as well.

Remember the archetypical symbols you called forward to guide you last month. Whether you chose an animal totem, a goddess, a stone, the sun, a book, an angel, a tarot card, or a rune; you chose that symbol consciously or unconsciously to keep your body and chi in balance. Use these vibrations to aid you in choosing wisely this month.

After the 23^rd we enter a fourth chakra process; you will end the month noticing how well you have connected with each other. Did I touch them with my gift? Did I really express how I feel about them?  Did I emotionally move them?

Many gifts this year will end up being treasures and heirlooms.  It is an excellent year to hand down something you got as a gift from an older relative to a younger relative; to extend the connection across the years and generations. This leads to smaller, simpler gift lists this year. Visualize how to create a personal touch when thinking of what to buy or make for each person precious to you. How can your gift really connect you? Trust the messages your higher self will send.

Dates and trends

December can be divided into four periods, from the 1^st through the 9^th, from the 10^th until early on the 23^rd, from there until mid-day on the 26^th and from then until the 4^th of January.

December 1^st through December 9th

The month opens with us using the power of the second chakra. Like the end of November, this is a period of observing what is being created by your higher self for you. There are more choices manifesting than can be taken advantage of. Right now you are choosing things you may want to keep. We call that discernment.  It is the first step of discrimination. Real discrimination starts on the 10^th, when you begin practicing the new attitudes, habits, perspectives, alliances, and tolerances that you will use for as long as 21 years.  In a few months, you will be back to rapidly creating new parallel universe possibilities as usual.  But not yet; first you need to equip your spiritual, physical, mental and emotional selves with new tools, perspectives and objectives.

December 10^th until early on December 23^rd

We begin the discriminating, moving-centered process of living our new convictions. During this time you “go with your gut”. A choice isn’t activated until you take action; until then, it is hypothetical.  This will be an active time for almost everyone. One way this manifests is in craftsmanship. People will produce fine products, arts, and crafts this month.

There is a risk of overdoing the production on the 13^th and 14^th.  This may create a quick illness over the weekend of the 15^th and 16th.  Try not to exhaust yourself on the previous Thursday and Friday.  Starting on the 10^th, there will be a heady desire to just go, go, go and not worry about the consequences to your health. Try not to get too caught up in the rush or your higher self will give you a forced time out.

Family traditions, based on family history, religion or both, will be honored and expanded. With Hanukkah coming early this year, there will be a sacred or spiritual flavor to the entire month. There are also local, regional and national traditions that will be embraced. How you participate is up to you.  You decide what fits the new you. You may very well find yourselves expanding, extending, and honoring new, additional traditions this month.

December 23^rd until mid-day on December 26^th

We move slowly through these few days, really valuing our bonds to those we love. This is a period of savoring emotional treasures. This is not an intellectual period; instead we focus on feeling and doing.

Late on December 26^th until the evening of the January 4^th

This is an extension of the energy of the previous three days with one addition.  You can gain a feeling of emotional satisfaction if you honored those around you.  You may easily end up being surprised at the level of emotional connection you received. If you took the time to make an effort to connect with others this month, that love and consideration will be returned.  The impact could be startling to your intellect.

Remember, the intellect is slower to respond and adapt to new situations than the heart. Intellect considers options before committing, emotions plunge or run.  Emotions happen immediately and transform you while your intellect may be busy thinking about the future.

You survived the chaos of October, you took a look at what you really could become, made choices as to what standards fit you best and reached out in service to others; and then, they responded to you.

The chakra alignment process will continue in January, moving to the 5^th and 6^th chakras.  But for now, look at how the pieces of your life fit together.  It should be a gentle, mellow, joyous New Years’ Day.

Nexus

There is a mini-nexus this month which was not apparent until just recently. It is on the 17^th and lasts from early morning until nightfall in the Eastern U.S.  This nexus is in aid of reflection within yourself about your overall health. It is time to assess and tune up the vehicle that carries your spirit around the physical plane. 

You will have lots of action to take this month, lots of beliefs to examine, shift and compare and share. You need a body to do that and the better the body operates, the more you can get done. By this period of the month, you will be flying around, knocking things off your to-do lists.  So the day will feel like a brief pause in the middle of the 3^rd chakra centered period in mid-month. 

This nexus gives you the ability to begin new long term habits or changes in how you’ve treated your body so far. The stances you take this month, the issues you embrace; will be around for as long as two decades. Your higher self and your instinctive center will want to team up and take a status check, to see what your vehicle can do now and what can be improved.

Your emotional center will join right in, as it wants to feel better and make life more joyous.  Unlike other planes, the human body is important to success here on Earth. The more it can accomplish, the greater its stamina, the further and higher you can choose to go.

Issues and Archetypes this month

Stones, Crystals and Colors

Amethyst, rubies, and green aventurine are the stones with the most influence this December.  The green aventurine is balancing for the whole body and opens the 6^th and 7^th chakras, which will not see much attention otherwise this month. Rubies help the 4^th chakra stay balanced and open.  Gemstone quality rubies can be very expensive but there are lesser grades out there as well that you can meditate with to get the same effect. Rubies allow you not only to send service and love to others but to receive it as well.  This is very helpful for old souls, especially because they tend to do for others more than allowing others to do for them. 

Amethysts have many great qualities. They allow you to be crisp in your actions.  They help you with mastery and being spiritually aligned.  The lighter the color, the more spiritually oriented it is.  If you use a deep purple amethyst, you will be more patient and masterful. A stone in the mid-range of color creates balance. Amethyst is loved by the general population, so expect to see lots of amethyst gifts this year. You don’t need to believe in the power of it to be able to use it, but it is one of the most diverse and powerful stones on this planet.

Royal blue, chocolate brown, a deep, dark red and a light, grassy green are the colors in effect this month.  Let’s start with the Christmas colors.  Red and Green of some shade are almost always up in December because of their traditional use this time of year, but they also stand out in nature as most color in the landscape is fading away. The green is a lighter, as well as a soft blue-green color.  These two shades represent prosperity and Havingness.  They help you claim and accept anything new that you have been working on, especially fresh beginnings.  The red is a dark red, even going into maroon, and helps highlight the heart chakra energy this month. It has regality and a traditional vibration that is stabilizing.

The chocolate brown has been a color of comfort and security long before Cacao was spread around the world.  It promotes nurturing of self and others as well as service to others.  Lastly, blue, from royal to midnight creates peace and harmony.  It spreads acceptance, tolerance and quiet solitude.

Politics

December is the month for politicians to flesh out the differences between the parties and people running for President. This will begin in the middle of the month.  Candidates will continue to hem and haw around issues until the 10^th.  But the energy of December, the proximity of the holidays and the upcoming caucuses will force everyone’s hand. The Iowa caucuses are on January 3^rd and the New Hampshire primary is on January 8^th.  That is remarkably close to the holidays; forced forward like daylight savings time by the impatience energy of 2007.  Now, in the cold light of 2008; it may appear foolish to have moved them up; (the public isn’t interested in campaigning done between Dec 23^rd and Jan 1^st); however, for this campaign it is too late to change the parameters.

So, candidates in touch with the tide of events will begin to take clear positions by the 20^th.  Those that waiver will fall by the wayside because; starting on the 23^rd, people will choose based on what they feel and who they bond with over issues, not necessarily who makes the most logical sense.  This time period is very emotional, not very rational.  By New Hampshire’s primary, expect the heat to really turn up as people try desperately to say the right thing, a 5^th chakra problem.

Inside the present administration, Vice President Cheney is quite ill, becoming frailer by the month.  2007 was very stressful for him as he experienced the female energy of the year as sapping his physical resources.  This will physically marginalize him in 2008. That will give President Bush more breathing room, especially since he’d personally like to have some troops come home and start some permanent bases.  He wants this for karmic leverage before he leaves office.

Globally, peace will inch slowly along in the Mid East, with some real gains in December.  Those who have been trying to divide the process will fall behind temporarily.  This will be a difficult period for the Hamas in Palestine and Iran.  They will feel more isolated and forced to either join into negotiations they have no faith in or become even more defiant.

Animals

Pets love emotional connection and will want to support your process this month. Your pet will feel really close to you in this warmhearted month.  Take time to stroke the furred and feathered, it is why we call them pets. Your stroking hands connect to your heart and bond animal friends to you.  If you don’t have a pet, then this is a great month to find one.  If you are looking, the animal you obtain will represent a distinctive archetype or vibration that you need.

Reindeer will be symbolically important this month; they represent strength and stamina in numbers, and a feeling of tribal unity.  Not sure how to bond with a family member? Give them something associated with reindeer.  Have the family wear the fake reindeer antlers from time to time; it is perfectly fine to be in touch with your past innocence this month.

Penguins are also big this month. It is interesting that humans use polar animals to bring harmony to the season; that is what penguins and reindeer do. Bears are popular this month too; symbolizing the protection and strength of Warriors. 

It’s time to tell the children the old stories that use animal archetypes, like Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer and The Night before Christmas.  That nostalgia helps the instinctive center continue to heal and address polarity, darkness and light. 

More energy will be spent on domesticated animals rather than wild animals this December.  So, the rights and conditions of farm raised animals will be more openly discussed this month. Where abuse is going on, it will make the news. And people are more likely to gift farm animals in someone’s name rather than buy them a piece of rain forest.

Weather and Travel

Wow, it is going to be cold this December, colder than normal.  The East Coast will see precipitation, with snow in the Northeast and rain in the Southeast and the Pacific Northwest.  This will help alleviate the drought in the Southeast for now.  But the center of the country and the far West should be cold and drier than usual.  Some areas will have days of fairly strong wind as well, making it very cold.  We don’t see any major earthquakes or other major volcanic events, on that front the world should be fairly quiet and still.

Travel will be held up mostly by the cold and inept security personnel.  Transportation systems are designed to handle these problems; we don’t see any major breakdowns, just delays.   Your plane may need de-icing. There will be some ice on the roads; but where there is, they will have road salt.  Some places may run low on supplies, but they won’t run out for long. Keep supplies in your car, carry chains in dicey weather, and take your time on the road. The amount of people traveling will be greater than normal because more people than usual want to connect with family members.

Health and Exercise

The emphasis for exercise is on moderation; extreme activity or inactivity will cause an out of balance condition most people will feel in the chest and heart area.  The heart and lungs, throat, ears and sinus cavities are the most fragile this month. So, eat food high in minerals, vitamin C and B vitamins; include anti-oxidants and essential fats. Drink plenty of water as cold removes moisture from the body.  That dehydration creates stress in the lungs when combined with cold.

We predict a very high rate of flu, pneumonia, bronchitis, and other respiratory problems this December. Keep your immune systems stoked, stay warm, and get sufficient sleep. It is winter; you need more sleep now.  

Love and Relationships

Action combining with love leads to lots of expansion this month.  Many love-oriented decisions will be made this month. Marriages and engagements will be announced or performed this month, especially close to Christmas. People will want to move ahead with new structures now that they have become more settled and clarified internally. 

Expect a rash of births between mid-August and early October next year from the many pregnancies that will initiate this month.  With the nostalgia energy as well as the desire to make decisions around love, what better way to honor it all than bringing someone you have known back to the physical plane? Your parents, after all, did that for you, perhaps many times.  So, many, many people with child agreements will activate them this month.

Of course, as we’ve mentioned family grudges and long held hurt feelings will be addressed this month.  Now that the last 21 years are behind us, there is no point in holding onto trapped emotions that no longer serve us.  There will be a “forgive and forget” process for many families this month. It is time to move on and let the past go. Families with no grudges connect more strongly than usual this year, which may become a habit.

Business and Money

The economy will continue to slow this month. Christmas spending will be lower than normal. Not many people like to face the fact that economies go up and down.  Politicians like to believe that they can moderate growth to make an upswing extend out for a decade or longer even though that has been proven to be wrong time and time again.

This year the economy is still in a slow down. However, the government will be compelled to act on the housing slump by March of next year. The economy will not be taking a huge dive next year; the amount of money impacted, relative to the overall size of the general housing market, the U.S. economy and global economy is small.  It is an important election year and politicians want to make the economy look stable and secure. So expect some action in the spring; partially in bailout strategies and partially in more accessible fixed rate loans and restricting the parameters of variable rate loans.

The one bright spot we see this month is in the services sector, especially the strategic services sector.  If you are in consulting, or have clients in general, you should be seeing an upswing starting in December.  Note we said clients, not customers. Stock brokers who do asset management or estate planning; therapists, coaches, and counselors personal trainers and health practitioners will do well.  Wedding planners, midwives, mechanics, decorators and fine craftsmen will have a very good December. Companies dealing in most consumer products will do better later, in the second quarter of 2008.

Globally, the dollar is down, there are too many dollars in circulation globally with too many countries tied to the U.S. economically, to have it fall much further without our government creating a political nightmare. This will be one of the first issues addressed by whatever new regime takes office next.  

Impact on Roles or Overleaves

December is an unusually intense month.  How the energy is best represented is that each role is aligned with a goal this month, so let’s get started.

Server

Acceptance is the goal this month for Servers. You will want to be accepted by family and friends, looking not only to help others, but be supported yourself; even if that generally goes against your nature.  If you have a Server friend in distress, watch people rally around them and make them feel warm and appreciated. Servers will be role models for how to use the 4^th chakra this month.

Priest

You will be stepping up into Dominance.  With the 2^nd through 4^th chakra highlighted this month as well as the ending of the parallel universe merges, Priests will want to lead people towards their higher perspectives and new leaves.  You will really feel the action energy in the middle of the month since you want to be on the front lines, helping people reach for all they can become. You will want to be in charge, at home and in the marketplace; and, if overly zealous, in control of others and their expansion. Some Priests may wind up looking like Kings this month.

Sage

Sages will be overwhelmed with communication opportunities this month, so they will have to use Discrimination.  It will be easy to fall into the trap of oration, using old tapes to quickly jump from issue to issue.  Spend some time actually observing what the new situations are, Sages. You will be expanding into new boundaries and stepping forward into new vistas after the elimination you’ve experienced in recent months. Pinpoint information is what your people need right now; forget last year and don’t worry about what they’ll need next year. Be precise in the moment; then move on to work on the next project or help the next person. Such exact attention to detail can make a Sage look a bit like a Server or Priest this month.

Artisan

Artisans will lead by using Re-evaluation. Artisans are always the leaders establishing new trends.  In order to do that this month, they will need to pull into themselves and be the first role to really, deeply understand what their new standards and viewpoints are all about.  They will examine that from every angle possible, and will want to spend time alone processing these issues, so give the Artisan some space.  They will be shifting their life circumstances dramatically in 2008, so they will spend this month really integrating recent changes and quietly laying in the groundwork for dramatic new events.

Warrior

Warriors will spend December in Flow. They will be the most traditional role this month.  They relish the old traditions; a simple lifestyle, cooking family recipes, reading stories to the children, spending time watching old movies and TV shows.  The Warrior will be just fine if you let them flow with what they need.  They will embrace changes next year.  They can manifest real productivity this month if the right pieces are in place. But if not, give them their cocoa, thick socks and a warm fire and they will be grateful beyond words. They want this holiday season to be easy, quiet and smooth.

King

Kings are the most integrated of all the roles and will leap into Growth this month.  They will want to have their adoring subjects embrace the new world and get going on new plans.  And yes, Kings have not only looked at their new agendas, they have studied those in their families, businesses, and societies as well and have adjusted their plans accordingly. Unlike the Artisan; clarity, satisfaction and understanding are manifesting through action rather than reflection for the Kings at this time. They will resonate well with Servers, Priests and Sages right now, and expect their loyal Warriors to follow their lead.

Scholar

Scholars will be looking for a cause to inspire them in 2008, and using Submission this month to assist in that process. Some will be more relaxed and quiet like the Warriors and Artisans are presently. All of them will dedicate themselves to doing something about the causes they really care about. They will apply themselves to assisting others in need, be they family, friends or community. Expect to see Scholars paying the most attention to macrocosmic issues: world hunger, disease, politics, global warming, pollution, deforestation, education, war. These and many other causes will inspire and engage the Scholars for at least the next year.

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