Char­ac­ter is Des­tiny…

It is not enough for you to know or understand.

This jour­ney is not mere­ly about your awakening,

It is not only about your dis­cov­ery of the Truth…

Your self-ful­fill­ment and true pur­pose, in life after life,

Is to become the liv­ing embod­i­ment of Spir­i­tu­al Truth.

Today marks the Fourth Turn­ing in the Astro­log­i­cal cal­en­dar. In Aries, Can­cer, Libra and now in Capri­corn, in each Car­di­nal Sign a new sea­son of life begins and you must face these four direc­tions and consider:

Who am I, and Who art thou?
Where do I come from, and What is my Destiny?

You have spent the last 30 days in Sagit­tar­ius, seek­ing and search­ing, push­ing deep­er and fur­ther, stretch­ing the bound­aries of your under­stand­ing. Whether by nov­els or in trav­els, read­ing his­to­ries or explor­ing sci­ence, you will always need to stretch your com­pre­hen­sion of this world…for you are chang­ing, and so is your world.

Then you must tell your sto­ries and lis­ten to the sto­ries of those with whom you jour­ney, for this is how you help one anoth­er to move into the Greater Under­stand­ing. You must ever seek to hold your­self to the sacred path of wis­dom, to weave togeth­er your sto­ries and your way of life, because you are the liv­ing ful­crum of the “self-that-is-becom­ing”, the self-made builder forged by the inte­gral rela­tion­ship of expe­ri­ence and understanding.

Now here you are once more, here in Capri­corn the world waits for a sign…

Indeed, this is one of the two Sol­stices (“Sun stands still”) in every year. At this time each year, the Sun will set at a cer­tain point on the hori­zon, and for the next 3 days it will set in that very same spot. But on or about the 24^th or 25^th of Decem­ber the Sun will move again, and so we mark this sacred time as we gath­er togeth­er to cel­e­brate the return of Light and Love to our world.

Where­as at the Sol­stice of Can­cer you pause to con­sid­er from whence you have come, to feel that abid­ing reas­sur­ance of your foun­da­tion and what lies at the root of one and all, to feel the warmth that holds all of cre­ation togeth­er in and by the Love of the One, it is now in the Sol­stice of Capri­corn that you will look out­ward and beyond, to con­sid­er the arc of your jour­ney and the path that leads to your future.

Through count­less lives, you have lived and have forged “you”, for the Law of Kar­ma is per­fect, and you will always reap what you have sown. The many steps you must climb in this life will redeem your past and yet equal­ly forge the com­plex future that awaits you, the joys and the chal­lenges which that “future you” must mas­ter too. Yes, here after many lives, and after a long climb you must con­sid­er the cir­cuitous and wind­ing path that you have made for your­self by your tri­umphs, and even more by your stum­bles and redemp­tion too. Your real­iza­tions of, yet trans­for­ma­tions in your inten­tions, this har­vest of spir­it and the forg­ing of your des­tiny are made man­i­fest in your constitution.

Yes, you have made you. And, you are what you are as revealed by your moti­va­tions and your inten­tions, in the man­ner of your bear­ing or what we under­stand as “Char­ac­ter”, which is the emo­tion­al and intel­lec­tu­al, the moral and spir­i­tu­al stature that you embody. You stand revealed by your under­stand­ing and moral com­pass, and from these qual­i­ties and by your shin­ing exam­ple of ful­fill­ing your respon­si­bil­i­ties, you will take your place in the Hier­ar­chy of Light and Love, as you weave your path into the paths of each and every one of us, and to the One who holds us all.

You are on a jour­ney of becom­ing, stand­ing some­where between the dawn of your awak­en­ing ages and ages ago, and your even­tu­al apoth­e­o­sis as human when you will join the great souls who came this way long ago. You stand in a Hier­ar­chy of Love and Com­pas­sion, where you lov­ing­ly extend one hand below you, as you know that your duty is to lift up those who still strug­gle with what you have mas­tered. While you, in turn, extend your oth­er hand to those ahead of you on this bridge of light, as they lov­ing­ly offer guid­ance and sup­port to help you to face what you must now undertake.

In Capri­corn, (and know that some­where in your chart, you have the Sign of Capri­corn to inspire and guide you), in Capri­corn you face the “test of respon­si­bil­i­ty” and the reward of Self-Ful­fill­ment. The test con­cerns the right and true exer­cise of “Pow­er”. Whether you are the head of your fam­i­ly, or a leader in a busi­ness or your com­mu­ni­ty, or even lead a nation­al orga­ni­za­tion or coun­try, no mat­ter what sta­tion or office you hold, the pow­er that you wield is not yours.

It is your duty and priv­i­lege to remem­ber that the pow­er that you exer­cise is giv­en in trust to you, and that it orig­i­nates and comes to you from whomev­er or what­ev­er you serve. You are a chan­nel of this pow­er, but it is not yours. You must be guid­ed by this fun­da­men­tal truth, that any office is a sacred duty, and you must use this pow­er for the good of that enti­ty, whether it be a fam­i­ly, com­mu­ni­ty or nation. You will “fail” if you believe that you can do what you will with this pow­er that was placed in trust with you. You must be cen­tered and guid­ed by your moral and spir­i­tu­al under­stand­ing, to faith­ful­ly take care of who and what you serve, or you will fall as you suc­cumb to the error of hubris.

If you can mas­ter these tests of respon­si­bil­i­ty and pow­er, then you will find your­self upon the true path of Self-Ful­fill­ment. A tru­ly mas­ter­ful human shines with the light of humil­i­ty. They ful­fill their duty with grace and grat­i­tude. Grace in their demeanor or bear­ing; Grat­i­tude in their oppor­tu­ni­ty to find Self-Ful­fill­ment by serv­ing in what­ev­er capac­i­ty they have made them­selves ready by their stead­fast call­ing to a greater purpose.

Yes, you are part of a great com­pa­ny of souls who are on a jour­ney of awak­en­ing, and at every turn upon this path of pur­pose­ful­ness you are here to lift your­self and one anoth­er up to a bet­ter world. That is your destiny.

When­ev­er you are in doubt, when­ev­er you are in need of guid­ance and inspi­ra­tion, remem­ber the Great Invo­ca­tion which all Great Souls hold in their hearts as a bea­con of Love for one and all:

THE GREAT INVOCATION

From the point of light with­in the Mind of God

Let Light stream forth into our minds

Let LIGHT descend on Earth.

From the point of love with­in the Heart of God

Let Love stream forth into our hearts

May LOVE increase on Earth.

From the cen­ter where the Will of God is known

Let pur­pose guide our wills

The PURPOSE which the mas­ters know and serve.

From the cen­ter which we call Humanity

Let the Plan of Love and Light work out

And may it seal the door

where evil dwells.

Let Light and Love and Pow­er restore the Plan on Earth.