Since sending out that previous post a few days ago, I have noticed that as this week has progressed, it has seemed to become increasingly challenging for many people to handle the demands that are coming with this week’s recent energy shifts. These demands include challenges in relationships, finances, job responsibilities, home and family, self-esteem, emotions, or just having too much stuff to get done. This increased sense of pressure that many people are feeling right now no doubt is related to some of the recent cosmic shifts, including Saturn going direct.

The good news is that the energies should mellow and soften as the month goes on. In fact, as we approach the end of the month, many planets will be moving into a rare & extraordinary alignment of positive energy that has been named “The Grand Sextile” event by astrologers.
          On July 29^th, eight of ten major heavenly bodies will align together to form what looks like a six-pointed star in the sky. This is said to be a very positive and uplifting alignment that can assist all of us in finding greater peace, ease, and grace on our paths. We just have to get through the rest of the energetic “gunk” this month before we can get there.

WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON UP UNTIL NOW (Energetically Speaking)

To summarize, between July 1^st and July 4^th, the Sun was positioned in an opposition to Pluto and a square to Uranus, creating a “pressure cooker” of energies that increased the likely hood of ego dramas, misunderstandings, and temper explosions. To top it off, this Sun/Pluto/Uranus t-square also re-triggered one of the most stressful alignments of the entire year, which is the Uranus/Pluto square. (This is a slower moving aspect that is basically in effect the entire year…it awakens your inner revolutionary, which can be helpful for transformation, AND it also tends to increase conflict, unrest, and dissatisfaction in life.)

Keep in mind too that Mercury was (and is) still in retrograde during that time, increasing the likelihood of more misunderstandings, conflicts, and mis-communications. That is why I counseled readers earlier this week to avoid being too overly-emotional or emotionally reactive, but instead to stay calm, cool, and collected, especially if you feel someone has done something to offend you…it is likely that things are NOT how you think they are right now, especially if you are “thinking” from a self-righteous, offended point of view (which basically means you are not thinking at all).

Also in that first week of July, there were tensions between Venus and Saturn, which tend to manifest as money stress, relationship problems, and a tendency towards gloom & doom. Of course, it’s not all bad, because these tense Venus/Saturn energies can lead us to stand up for ourselves and confront relationship and financial issues.

Basically, this is a very karmic type of transit that causes us to “face the music” and do the inner and outer work necessary to put ourselves on a more even-course financially, spiritually, and emotionally. But it is not a very warm or loving transit, and it’s easy to feel as if love (or money) are being restricted or withheld right now. Also, you might feel like you have to put up with things you do not like or shoulder additional burdens at this time in order to stay in a relationship (or job) or to please a partner.

If you’ve had to step up to the plate and deal with some “real world” relationship, career, or financial issues lately, take comfort in knowing that even though things might be tough right now, if you do what you know you truly DO need to do, then your efforts will pay off in the long run. If you have experienced these kinds of “real world” problems lately, know that as long as you are willing to meet these issues “head on” (including doing the required spiritual & material “work”), then this is going to lead to a better path in life for you. It’s just that getting there is a bitch sometime.

Keep in mind too that Saturn going direct on last Monday (July 8^th) along with the new moon in cancer is a powerful combo to assist you in making progress and experiencing re-birth in career, financial, home & family, and spiritual and psychic issues. It’s just that there is usually a bit of a “reverb effect” for a few days or even a couple of weeks when Saturn goes back direct.

This reverb effect often leads temporarily to increased pressures, frustrations, and set-backs right around the time that Saturn goes direct. Discouragement, doubt, glumness and gloom also seem to increase for several days after Saturn goes direct. Of course, this is understandable, given the fact that there is also a “karmic reckoning” element to this planet’s forward motion…meaning that right around the time Saturn retrogrades, “issues” (especially emotional and karmic issues) that have been buried underneath the surface for the past several months (or even years) seem to rear up again in order to be healed, resolved, and released.

But this isn’t necessarily a “negative” thing. In fact, if something needs to be addressed in the financial, career, or personal realms, this is a good time to “cowboy” or “cowgirl” it up and do it. Most of the frustration or challenges right now come from trying to avoid doing what must be done. If you accept your fate, and take care of what you know is yours to do, you won’t suffer near as many disappointments or failures in the next couple of weeks. In fact, you might even SOAR!

Hope you found this helpful! And if you are experiencing challenges, set-backs, or just lack of motivation or enthusiasm right now, know that around the end of this month, we will all be blasted with a BURST of very positive energy through that alignment I mentioned earlier that is called “The Grand Sextile” event. Enjoy your month, and especially enjoy the blessings that come to you as a result of the beautiful and grand energies of this upcoming alignment.

Many Blessings,
Cynthia Killion

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Dear Friends, I hope that you had a happy 4^th of July weekend, and that your week is off to a good start. Today is the day of the new moon in Cancer, plus Saturn is turning direct. This is mostly a positive energy shift, at least in the long-term, as it will lend you an opportunity to make a new start in career matters, personal relationships, spirituality, and home and family during the next few weeks or so. If you are thinking of making a MAJOR change, the time might be just about right (although I would recommend waiting until July 20^th or after if you can, as this is the day that Mercury goes back direct).

In the short-term (as in today, and the next couple of days), you might notice a slight escalation in conflict, limitations or disagreements, as people are more likely to take things personal right now, or to get easily offended or “bent out of shape” over small things. If *you* are the one finding yourself offended right now, it would be a good idea to take a step back and “cool your jets”, and wait just a day or two (or possibly even a couple of weeks) before jumping to any conclusions, as with Mercury still in retrograde, it is unlikely that you are seeing the situation clearly.

On the other hand, if you find yourself subject to someone else’s crabby tirade, it would be wise to not give it too much energy right now, and to simply meet crabbiness with love & understanding, or at least, with neutrality. If you don’t give an angry person any anger or crabbiness to fight back against, then it is likely that he or she will either calm down, or simply take her anger to someone else whom she can pick a fight with.