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.

Astro­log­i­cal Mus­ings – Sun Enters Sagit­tar­ius and oth­er con­sid­er­a­tions (Sat­ur­day Novem­ber 24, 2018)

In my eleventh show of 2018, I will speak about the Sun enter­ing the Sign of Sagit­tar­ius, and then look at what might mean for you by look­ing at Plan­ets in Sagit­tar­ius as well as the Sign of Sagit­tar­ius on the House cusps. I may also com­ment on recent shifts of Astro­log­i­cal weath­er such as Mer­cury turn­ing retrograde.

As before, I will answer your ques­tions dur­ing the show, whether on these top­ics or some oth­er mat­ter, includ­ing per­son­al ques­tions about your astro­log­i­cal chart. If you do wish to ask a per­son­al ques­tion, please be ready to pro­vide at least your birth date and birth place, and time of your birth if you have that too.

If you wish to sug­gest a sub­ject or top­ic for a future show, please email me as I would be hap­py to hear from you. My email is: billattride@gmail.com.

Here is the main link to Astrologer Bill Attride Radio:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/astrologerbillattride

Here is the link to the show on Sat­ur­day Novem­ber 24^th @ 2 pm EST:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/astrologerbillattride/2018/11/24/astrologer-bill-attride-radio-show-sun-enters-sagittarius

The phone num­ber to call if you wish to ask a ques­tion dur­ing the live show is: (516) 531‑9638.

Please join me on Sat­ur­day Novem­ber 24^th at 2 pm EST as we look at the cur­rent astro­log­i­cal indi­ca­tions and what they mean for you.

“Once upon a time…”

That is how you began to under­stand, and how you will return home some­day. When you became self-aware, when you rose from inno­cence to self-con­scious­ness you became a sto­ry-teller, a keep­er of knowl­edge and a shar­er of wis­dom, and this marked the quick­en­ing of the divine with­in you. This is when you joined that sacred com­pa­ny, a pro­ces­sion of lumi­nous hosts who are con­scious co-cre­ators of Cre­ation too.

We have been sto­ry­tellers for a very, very long time. In sagas and songs, while hunt­ing and gath­er­ing, while plant­i­ng or reap­ing, when sit­ting around the camp­fire or break­ing bread togeth­er. We shared our expe­ri­ences with one anoth­er, we informed and reformed one anoth­er, and that is how we are the very instru­ments of awak­en­ing for one another.

We told our sto­ries and deep­ened our under­stand­ing of the world and of one anoth­er. We passed on by sounds, sym­bols and signs, in songs and sci­ence, in phi­los­o­phy and com­mon sense too. We dis­cov­ered and re-dis­cov­ered the sto­ry of us, the sto­ry of spirit.

And, most pre­cious­ly and lov­ing­ly, we were able to sip from the cup of Wis­dom offered by those who had come this way long ago. We laughed and cried and shared with one anoth­er, and as we woke up, we moved out of the dark­ness and into that divine space of the Creator…We began to con­scious­ly re-make our­selves and our world too.

Your jour­ney is found­ed upon a path of awak­en­ing, of mov­ing from unself-con­scious aware­ness to ful­ly formed Cos­mic Con­scious­ness. Yes, you have come a very long way, but you have fur­ther to go before you will be wel­comed into the Celes­tial com­pa­ny known as the Mas­ters of Com­pas­sion and Contemplation.

You have just com­plet­ed anoth­er ardu­ous pas­sage through the realm known as Scor­pio, where your mor­tal body and Immor­tal Soul meet in the cru­cible of Union with your beloved. You sought to bridge the seem­ing divide between your­self and one anoth­er. You faced the absolutes with­in and around you, of Dark­ness and Light, of Death and Re-birth and you were left speech­less by the agony and joy of your jour­ney, an Immor­tal who moves through these very mor­tal realms.

When­ev­er (and wher­ev­er in your chart) you find your­self in the realm of Scor­pio, you are able to lift the Veil of Isis and expe­ri­ence a lit­tle more of the mys­tery of Cre­ation. There are no words when you walk this razor’s edge of Life and Death. When you are in the In-Between, when you expe­ri­ence the Void and the Full­ness as One you are left speech­less, and this is how it should be. You stand in the pres­ence of that which is beyond what you can under­stand, and you must bow your head and wait for a greater understanding.

Today you move into the Realm of Sagit­tar­ius, the realm of Phi­los­o­phy, Sci­ence and Reli­gion, and the Real­i­ty-Truth that stands behind them all. These form the Tem­ple of Light, and you will learn from ancient sages and mod­ern-day sci­en­tists, and you will give thanks to great schol­ars and your hum­ble fel­low seek­ers too. You will seek and search in ancient writ­ings and find they are echoed in mod­ern-day texts and tales. What is true does not change, it is only your under­stand­ing which becomes deep­er and more encom­pass­ing, and this will remind you that this gift of wis­dom is forged through the deep­en­ing of your humility.

And some of these truths, the most sacred, will be relayed in sto­ries whis­pered from “mouth to ear”, (for there are some things that may not be writ­ten down even now). From each of these paths you will even­tu­al­ly find your way to the one Eter­nal Path that holds them all. Yes, as you begin to awak­en, as your knowl­edge turns to the “Greater Under­stand­ing”, which is forged by Uncon­di­tion­al Love and held firm by your Cen­tered Will, you will enter that pre­cious realm that illu­mi­nates the fir­ma­ment like a Rib­bon of Light. Yes, you will enter the Inner Sanc­tum, the “holy of holies” formed by the Sages and Seers of the Ancient Wisdom.

For you must know this, you are not the first to come this way, and your civ­i­liza­tion is not the finest nor the high­est that has ever been. There are many great souls who have come this way before, who also strug­gled to lift the shad­ows from their minds and hearts and reach for the light as do you. They found, as you will too, that the truth “out there” was only able to be seen because it was equal­ly with­in their very own nature too.

There is but One Spir­it, One Life, and the One Force bind­ing all to all which is Love. That is why you can and will under­stand, and you will sep­a­rate the wheat from the chaff dur­ing your jour­ney to the Light, because your Intu­ition and Mind will align to the truth with­in and around you, for “as Above, so Below”.

Today you begin to find your words and now you can tell your sto­ry. But know this, you must even more impor­tant­ly lis­ten to the count­less sto­ries of many, many oth­ers too. For this is how you refine your under­stand­ing, and how they refine theirs. Each of your dis­cov­er­ies and insights is only made pos­si­ble by your shar­ing, com­par­ing, con­trast­ing, cor­rect­ing and so mak­ing bet­ter your sto­ries with, by and for another.

This is your path of Truth. You can­not be you with­out one another.

You need one anoth­er because you have become who and what you are because of their sto­ries, as they need you because all your sto­ries have made them too.

It is time to gath­er together.

It is time to sing, and dance and break bread together.

It is time to tell our sto­ries to one another.

It is time to be thank­ful for one another.

It is time to remem­ber the Wis­dom of Love.

Peace of Mind

What I like to call “The Dance of the Plan­ets”, is cer­tain­ly evi­dent today! Venus, which has been sail­ing back­wards for over 40 days through Scor­pio, and more recent­ly Libra, turns Direct today; and, with­in hours of that shift Mer­cury turns ret­ro­grade for 21 days, until Decem­ber 6^th. It is not often that you will expe­ri­ence a dou­ble-shift of plan­e­tary motions like this, so you would be wise to con­sid­er what these mod­u­la­tions mean for you.

The 42 days of Venus ret­ro­grade were a time to go with­in your­self, a pause to allow you to dig deep into the nature of your expe­ri­ence of Val­ue, Beau­ty and Love. Venus is your Avatar of Love and she reminds you that with­in you is a Super­nal Light, which you will equal­ly see as the light shin­ing through the eyes of those who love you too.

With Venus ret­ro­grade, you were offered anoth­er oppor­tu­ni­ty to con­sid­er the true nature and source of your Val­ue, which is that you are a spark of the Divine and your true worth or val­ue is beyond mea­sure; and to see that what is all around you, this radi­ant world of Beau­ty, is shin­ing pre­cise­ly because that same Divine ener­gy sparkles through the entire­ty of Cre­ation; and, to know that what is there with­in you, what you know and feel as the Love of the One, is equal­ly a guide for you as to how you must be with one anoth­er, for you are here quite sim­ply to love one anoth­er as you are loved too.

The les­son of Venus ret­ro­grade reminds you that “true love” is nev­er to be found “out there”, until you have met your beloved with­in you. Until you expe­ri­ence the inner mar­riage of your self with your Self, you can­not tru­ly see or find the love that is all around you too.

Now that Venus is mov­ing for­ward once again, you are ready to relate to your­self and your world with a new-found assur­ance of your own val­ue, which is beyond ques­tion­ing since you are formed by spir­i­tu­al love; and you have a bet­ter under­stand­ing and appre­ci­a­tion for the beau­ty in your world; and, you are more aware that the love you share with one anoth­er is the whole rea­son for this life, for you are tru­ly here for one another.

But today you will equal­ly feel a shud­der, shake (and you will have to roll), as Mer­cury paus­es and turns around one more time this year. Yes, yes it seems that when­ev­er this hap­pens life seems to get even more com­pli­cat­ed, con­fus­ing and frus­trat­ing. Although it seems “the grem­lins are let loose” dur­ing such a time, you should know by now that your fate is in your hands, and it is not Mercury’s pur­pose to mess with your life.

The rea­son life seems to become more chal­leng­ing at times like these is because you have failed to notice the chang­ing con­di­tions of your own mind, and equal­ly failed to appre­ci­ate how the gen­er­al men­tal­i­ty and nature of com­mu­ni­ca­tions have been altered. You are here to “Wake Up” and so you need to pay atten­tion to these shifts of ener­gy-forms and work with them. Mer­cury ret­ro­grade is here to help you. It is here to help you to let go of your mis­un­der­stand­ings, doubts and fears which have pre­vent­ed you from liv­ing in the Greater Reality.

On the heels of re-eval­u­at­ing your expe­ri­ence of val­ue, beau­ty and love in Venus Ret­ro­grade, you will now be asked to con­sid­er once more the way in which you think about your­self and your world. That is what Mer­cury ret­ro­grade is for. It is meant to be a time of intro­spec­tion and reflec­tion; it is a pre­cious oppor­tu­ni­ty for review and repair of your per­cep­tions and consciousness.

If we lived in a cul­ture that accept­ed and accom­mo­dat­ed these shifts of spir­i­tu­al ener­gy, then we would all make time to calm­ly go with­in and earnest­ly con­sid­er how we make our real­i­ty through our thoughts. We would be able to bend our thoughts back upon our­selves and be more self-crit­i­cal and self-aware, as we qui­et­ly con­sid­ered and re-cen­tered our mentality.

But we live in a cul­ture that is careen­ing from one cri­sis to anoth­er, and we work hard­er and hard­er, live faster and faster, and there seems no time to catch one’s breath, let alone time to con­tem­plate, step back and con­sid­er what is real­ly hap­pen­ing. We are all “in the moment”, but we are rarely present or pre­pared to make the best of it before the next shock to our equi­lib­ri­um is upon us. But you must remem­ber this, the only thing you can and must con­trol is your­self, and this starts with your mind.

Mer­cury ret­ro­grade offers you a time to pause pre­cise­ly because you can­not “go for­ward” eas­i­ly now, because you are sup­posed to “go in” now before you “go out”. You need to reflect and col­lect your thoughts and become clear­er and calmer.

Right Think­ing is some­thing to work for, strive for and it is essen­tial in times like these so that you may sep­a­rate the wheat from the chaff in your world. This is tru­ly some­thing that you should do every sin­gle day. A self-aware per­son, a more cen­tered and bal­anced indi­vid­ual, will begin every day with men­tal prepa­ra­tions of attune­ment and align­ment; and then they will hold them­selves in qui­etude and self-obser­va­tion through­out the day; and then they will fin­ish their day with a time for review of what was right or wrong in that day, and so pre­pare to meet the world with a clear­er con­scious­ness tomorrow.

The way to do this, the way to begin to estab­lish your mind in a place of peace, is to anchor your mind upon the firm foun­da­tions of fun­da­men­tal truths. Whether West­ern or East­ern, the Peren­ni­al Truths are the same the world over and they will pro­vide com­fort and guid­ance no mat­ter what is trou­bling you today.

This is the true mean­ing and mes­sage of Mer­cury ret­ro­grade in Sagit­tar­ius; it is time to return to the bedrock of Truth found in all great teach­ings. Turn away from the noise and chat­ter, away from mere opin­ions and half-truths. Do not enter­tain these nor pass them on. Your mind is your sacred tem­ple for under­stand­ing, and your mind must be clear and not shad­owed by fear.

Return to the sources of Wis­dom, which you feel and know to be true because all these sacred sto­ries of spir­it are there in your heart as they are writ­ten for you in the stars above too.

May Her­mes show you the way out of the darkness.

Let Mer­cury ret­ro­grade release you from fear.

With your Mind tru­ly open, and your heart full of Love.

May you be wise as a ser­pent, and gen­tle as a dove.