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The Astrology of 2016: A Change of Frequencies

“We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one

dimension, and not in another; unevenly. We grow partially. We are

relative. We are mature in one realm, childish in another. The past,

present, and future mingle and pull us backward, forward, or fix us in

the present. We are made up of layers, cells, constellations.” Anais Nin

The next four years between 2016-2020 are the fading Dementor-like wisps or death

throes of a long cycle of dissolution and disruption which began in 2008 leading to a

fresh new beginning at the Saturn /Pluto conjunction in Capricorn in 2020. Before you

ask:” Does that mean nothing will change or progress in 2016? “, read on…….

2016 is not simply another year in a linear time-line, it is not a passing trend. It

will infuse and enmesh itself into consciousness, rather than seem to pass us by. It is an

energy threshold; a turn in the story; or as the current astrology describes, an entirely

new evolution of both consciousness and world events -- at the same time. It marks a

permanent shift of frequency as planets on the Mutable Cross of Gemini, Virgo,

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Sagittarius and Pisces, encounter the tuning forks of the Galactic Centre, the

Great Attractor along with black holes, pulsars and masers.

The Mutable signs start with Gemini, move to Virgo, Sagittarius, and finally end with

Pisces. These signs all mediate between the Cardinal action signs and the Fixed power

signs. How do they do this? By arranging and re-arranging mentally, physically,

intuitively and emotionally the connections that will ultimately harmonise spiral patterns

of energy that encourage growth and evolution.

2016 will be a year of reckoning and reclamation, of practicality, inventiveness

and resourcefulness- once you learn to surf the waves of Neptunian dissolution and

transformation. Neptune/Chiron in Pisces, Saturn in Sagittarius, Jupiter and the Node of

Fate in Virgo are creating time bending, paradigm dissolving altered states of being. The

challenge is to build radical visionary structures to support your evolving intentions as

the old ways and certainties dissolve inside the spacious, infinite flow. A Yang Fire

Monkey Year of constant change, instability and flux will push to the max the

Yin receptive qualities of Virgo and Pisces where the fate changing eclipses will

fall. The elemental shift is from Fixed/Cardinal to Mutable/Cardinal - unstable, dynamic,

seeking.Every one of us will be feeling our way towards sheltering, sustaining and

stabilising humanity in crisis - through daily work and collaboration. It is no longer a

viable option to hide your head in the sand - the world has arrived at your front

door. Now the personal really is the political and vice versa. The Saturn/Neptune

refugee crisis is one of the challenges of this time, as the flood of humanity breaches the

borders of Europe .Saturn in Sagittarius strengthens religious terrorism and

fundamentalism, on every side of the debate. A new era of social revolution begins

in June 2016 when outer planet Uranus the Awakener conjuncts Eris, the 10th

planet in Aries. Known as the two Lords of Chaos, this radically new and powerful

transpersonal energy will be wild, edgy, unsettling and explosive. Astrologically, Eris can

be thought of as the Great Disrupter, but with a purpose, shaking up what is stagnant in

consciousness. More than ever, in 2016, you must choose your ideals and values to

impact the reality in which you live. Do you hide, quivering behind doors, with streets

patrolled by armed police? Or do you accept that 21st century life on this planet is

disruptive and dangerous, that the Western illusion of order and protection has been

washed away? Outer planets Pluto, Uranus, Neptune and Saturn aligned with the new

planets, centaurs, black holes and quasars are bringing wild energy into our lives. In

2016, we will be crossing the inflection point where the world is being forcibly

unified yet made existentially anxious about what this means.

Jupiter plays a crucial role in 2016, pushing you to step away from your reliance and

acceptance of manipulative information and disinformation to arrive at your own truths,

first through understanding then hard won wisdom. Until September 2016, the

Hierophant is refracting Ray 2 of Love and Wisdom through earthy, focused Virgo

meeting the North Node of Fate in late July. In September as Jupiter crosses the

World Axis into Libra, the planet steps onto the razor edged path whose

esoteric mantra is: “We choose the way which leads between the two great

lines of force”. From then on Jupiter is refracting the 3rd Ray of Active Intelligence

demonstrating the art of spiritual compromise - willingness to yield on all non-essentials,

all the while persuading and inspiring. We begin to understand the need for single steps

along the path; serving wisely, offering just the correct amount of assistance.

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2016 Astrology Time Line

Waning Uranus/Pluto Square January - April 2016

Uranus Conjunct Eris June 2016 onwards

Saturn square Neptune June and September 2016

Jupiter conjunct North Node July 30 2016

Jupiter opposite Chiron August 2016

Jupiter enters Libra Sept 10 2016

Jupiter sextile Saturn November and December 2016

Jupiter square Pluto November and December 2016

Jupiter opposite Uranus December 2016

Saturn trine Uranus December 2016

Saturn square Chiron December 2016

Eclipse Dates For Your Diary

8 March Solar eclipse at 18 degrees Pisces

23 March Lunar eclipse at 3 degrees Aries/Libra

1 September Solar eclipse at 9 degrees Virgo

16 September Lunar eclipse at 23 degrees Pisces/Virgo

What Does 2016 Mean For You?

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Until 28 April 2017 your mission statement will play out along the Virgo/Pisces

axis. Whichever part of your life Virgo /Pisces represent in your chart and psyche will

become receiving stations and antennae for earthing the new frequencies. Eclipses are

cosmic wild cards bringing unexpected change through circumstances outside your

control, pausing then re-booting the part of your life where they fall. People leave,

people arrive. Doors open, doors close. Situations, relationships, careers end, new ones

begin. To collaborate with this, go within through various methods of introspection. Use

discernment, discretion, sensitivity. Be empathetic, offer your services, but not without

using good judgement about who you help and why. Separate the useful from

impractical or nonsensical. Use helicopter vison, seeing both the forest and the trees.

Pay attention to the small things. Things will need to be tested for their effectiveness in

the real world and discarded without fanfare or emotion if they do not live up to their

promise. In everything you do, on every level, things must work, plain and simple. They

must be healthy and produce results. In so many ways you are setting off on the

ultimate Vision Quest: searching for your own answers instead of looking outside.

Moving from being at effect to being at cause. When you consult with your Self as Oracle

what do you say? What do you know that surprises you? What big question don’t you

want to ask yourself? How will you recognise the answers?

Visionary Activist Principles For 2016

1. Believe nothing, entertain possibilities.

2. Imagination lays the train tracks for reality to follow.

3. Better to create prophecy than live prediction.

4. Help is always available; operators are standing by.

5. If something is a problem, make it bigger. Do more of it. The symptom will disappear

6. You only possess the power of an insight when you give it expression.

7. Creativity comes from paradox. We aspire to be disciplined wild people who are

radical traditionalists.

Caroline Casey