Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, represents the principle of expansion. Jupiter asks: What matters most to you? What beliefs need to be updated? What is possible now? On January 22^nd, Jupiter completes its final degree of Pisces and continues its once-every-twelve-year transit through the sign of Aries (from January 22^nd thru June 3^rd, 2011). While in Aries, Jupiter stimulates individual initiative and courageous leaps of faith.

Jupiter in Taurus

Jupiter enters the sign of Taurus on June 4^th, turns retrograde on August 30 (at 10 degrees Taurus), and ends the year at 0 degrees Taurus. In Taurus, Jupiter expands our desire for more beauty, peace, contentment and connection with nature.

Uranus in Aries

Uranus represents the larger, generational cycles of the Collective Consciousness of Humanity. Transiting Uranus stimulates the breaking down of old structures in order for new ones to emerge. As the ruler of Aquarius and the Age of Aquarius, Uranus stimulates independent, radical and unexpected behavior, inspirations, inventions, scientific discoveries, group organizations, Divine consciousness, enlightenment, the Collective Consciousness and soul evolution.  Uranus was in the sign of Aries for a brief period, from May 27^th to August 13^th, 2010, then it re-entered the sign of Pisces. On March 11^th, 2011, Uranus re-enters Aries and continues an eight-year transit through this first sign of the zodiac (until March 5^th, 2019). Aries is the sign of bold new beginnings, aggressiveness, impulsiveness and adventures. The transit of Uranus in Aries sparks rebellion and generates grassroots movements that challenge hierarchical organizations and calcified institutions. Uranus shows where we must be willing to innovate, question the status quo, and be an agent of radical change. Uranus in the sign of Aries asks: What alternatives do you need to explore? Where are you ready for a radical change? How are you making a difference in the world? Look to the area of your Natal Chart where Aries is to understand where Uranus is impacting your life.

Uranus transiting the sign of Aries will ignite the passions of the people to break free of restrictions and blaze forward with a new sense of purpose and fortitude. People will feel stimulated to take bold actions for freedom and independence. This tendency will be greatly stimulated from March 11^th thru June 3^rd, while both Jupiter and Uranus are in the sign of Aries.

When Uranus last transited the sign of Aries, from 1927 – 1937, Gandhi lead a civil disobedience movement in India, Franklin D. Roosevelt presented the New Deal (in response to the financial crash of 1929), the Social Security Act was passed and women’s suffrage happened in Great Britain.

Uranus Square Pluto

Uranus and Pluto are two spiritual, transpersonal planets that catalyze the evolution of the Collective Consciousness of Humanity. They were aligned in a Conjunction Aspect throughout most of the 1960’s and were exactly conjunct (at 16 – 17 degrees in the sign of Virgo) three times from 1965 – 1966. That was a turbulent time of social and political movements. The “Hippie” movement was born – when rebellious young people dropped out of society; Woodstock became infamous; experiments with psycho hallucinogenic drugs at Harvard occurred; peace demonstrations throughout the world became rampant; people openly spoke out against the war in Vietnam; civil rights movements were prevalent, the independence of many African  colonies; also, Dr. Martin Luther King, President John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy were assassinated; and holistic living and meditation became popular. There were also major advances in science and technology: the first man in space, the first synthesis of DNA and Chaos Theory.

From May 2010 thru March 2018, Uranus and Pluto are aligned in a Square Aspect. Squares mark major turning points and build on the previous conjunction (the 1960’s). This Square Aspect represents a profound time for discovering personal mastery through meeting and overcoming major challenges and obstacles. All human beings will be stimulated by opportunities to grow emotionally and spiritually. We must be willing to question the direction our lives are going, how we are showing up in our lives and our personal motives for everything we do.

This cycle represents transformations in the consciousness and relationships of people and societies. Basic wisdom about the metaphysical workings of the Universe will be revealed. Misconceptions will be revealed, and many people will question their sanity.  For all who have eyes to see and ears to hear the truth, there will be a bridging of our mundane awareness (programmed by society) to a higher consciousness through personal revelation. This ultimately leads to ‘letting go’ and ‘letting God’ – surrendering all resistance and allowing joy into our lives.

This powerful alignment will reach peak intensities seven times from 2012 to 2015: June 24^th, 2012, May 20^th, 2013, November 1^st, 2013, April 21^st, 2014, December 15^th, 2014, March 16^th, 2015 and July 4^th, 2015.

We are in a pivotal period of profound shifts in consciousness that will reshape our world reality. We must re-think our habitual ways of being and move beyond “the box”.

“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” (T.S. Eliot)

Pluto Square Saturn

From April 8^th through July 21^st 2011, Pluto is in a Square aspect with Saturn. The structures in our world are being transformed and purged on many levels. There will be significant disclosures of previously hidden information.  These may include investigations into some of the major religious, governmental, political and corporate organizations of the world. As a result, there will be great shifts in the structures of these organizations.

In our personal lives, it is important to examine our structures, commitments and principles to see if these are in harmony with that which we know as our Truth. Those aspects of our lives that are not in harmony with our higher Truth must be changed. Sometimes, the commitments that we made in the past were based on principles that are no longer in alignment with our current truth. If you no longer feel good about certain structures and relationships – recreate them.

Chiron in Pisces

The planet Chiron was discovered in 1977, orbiting between Saturn and Uranus, and is known as the “Wounded Healer”. It represents a bridging of energy between the physical realm (Saturn) and the metaphysical realm (Uranus). As we heal our own emotional wounds and help others to heal similar kinds of wounds, we gain access to spiritual guidance and healing energy for ourselves and others.

Chiron entered a brief transit in the sign of Pisces from April 20^th to July 20^th, 2010. The day that Chiron entered Pisces was the same day of the Deepwater Horizon environmental disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Chiron will re-enter the sign of Pisces on February 8^th, 2011 and will transit this sign until February 18, 2019. This Chiron cycle will reveal how much is still left to heal from the enormous oil spoil, and it also calls for increased efforts in restoring ecological balance.

Chiron in Pisces urges us to create peace and to honor the sanctity of all life.

Chiron in Pisces asks: What connects you with your higher Self? What do you need to heal emotionally and physically? What opens your heart?

Neptune in Pisces

Neptune enters Pisces (the sign that it rules), on April 4^th, 2011 and will bring Piscean energies forth thru January 2026. A planet is said to “rule” a sign that it has similar frequency of resonance with. Whenever a planet transits the sign it rules, it has increased power to influence creation. Neptune is the planet that represents our spirituality and mystical aspects of being. Pisces is the last sign of the zodiac, the most mystical of the twelve signs. While Neptune is in the sign of Pisces, it will bring Humanity to a greater yearning for true spirituality. The veil between the physical and spiritual realms will become increasingly thinner and provide growing opportunities for personal experiences of these realms. During this period, most people will have some form of mystical experiences, such as: psychic communications with deceased relatives, increased connections with spiritual guides, déjà vu feelings, remembering past lifetimes, pre-cognitive dreams, visions and so on.

Neptune in Pisces has many possible levels of expression. From the lower to the higher octave frequency expressions, Neptune (in Pisces) will bring more awareness of the energies of: confusion, disillusionment, spiritual attachments, addictions, drugs, alcoholism, betrayal, dreams, visions, ideals, sympathy, empathy, compassion, divine compassion, divine feminine, spirituality and spiritual guidance.

Our dreams will become clearer, and our recall more frequent. We will receive greater clarity about emotional programs (from childhood and previous incarnations) in our unconscious.  Spiritual guidance through our dreams will be more common and more profound. Information about past lifetimes will become more available, as accessibility to the Akashic Records increases. This new awareness will help you understand the deeper meanings of your current life.

Spiritual guidance will become clearer. Pay attention to coincidences and synchronicities in your life.  For example, words from songs that you hear, comments from a radio disc jockey, signs on billboards and messages on the sides of trucks, emails, etc. may well be the guidance that you are asking for.

Intuition and clairvoyant experiences will increase. More people will have visions. Many will begin to see auras around people, animals, vegetation and so on.

The Divine Feminine energies will emerge and stimulate compassionate, spiritual wisdom in the hearts and minds of Humanity. Movies, television and music will express more themes of compassionate wisdom and mystical truth.

Expressions of compassion and charity will increase as healing programs are created. Individuals, nations and religions will realize that tolerance, compassion and charity are essential keys for healing our relations with one another. New agreements, treaties and laws will be created that support these principals.

The power of the heart, which generates an electromagnetic force field thousands of times stronger than that of the brain, will be recognized by many. We will realize that there are many dimensions and many universes to explore, that our intuition is more powerful than our intellect, and that we are eternal, infinite beings.

During the last transit of Neptune through the sign of Pisces (1847-61), women’s suffrage was granted in Australia, Russian serfs were emancipated, the height of the Romantic movement in music was expressing and the US Civil War (over the abolition of slavery) began in 1861. Also, the apparitions of The Lady (believed to be Mother Mary) appeared to Bernadette Soubirous in 1858 in the city of Lourdes, France.

New philosophies (based in compassion, charity, forgiveness, faith and love) will bring hope and healing to the hearts of people all over the world. The power of prayer will be demonstrated by sincere, enlightened spiritual leaders, who will lead prayer vigils with masses of people focused in simultaneous prayer and contemplation for the higher good of all.

Saturn in Libra

From October 29^th, 2009 thru October 5^th, 2012, the planet Saturn will transit the sign of Libra. This three-year cycle calls for responsible approaches to our relationships with others. By making commitments to live and act in integrity with our higher principles, we strengthen the foundations of trust and faith in all of our relationships.

Saturn is in its exaltation while transiting through the sign of Libra.  Libra is considered the best sign that Saturn can be in, because it is the sign that most naturally supports the high resonance expression of Saturn, with the emphasis being on ethics, equality and justice.

On an individual level, Saturn requires that we deeply examine all of our relationships, question the roles we are playing and fully honor (or renegotiate) our agreements. Saturn demands that we let go of playing the victim or dominator and work towards win-win solutions in every relationship.

While in this exalted position, Saturn supports teamwork, reconciliation and equal rights legislation. These are the foundations on which we can support peace in our world.

On a personal level, Saturn in Libra asks: What is out of balance in your life? Where do you need to reclaim your authority? Where do you need to draw the line?

BLESSED CELESTIAL ALIGNMENTS

There are three uplifting, beneficial planetary alignments that will support the well-being of everyone. If we consciously take actions during these cycles, our success is supported by the cosmos.

Jupiter Conjunct Uranus: April 25, 2010 thru February 15, 2011 in the signs of Pisces and Aries. This alignment catalyzes quantum leaps in consciousness, breakthroughs in science, metaphysics, spiritual awareness and foreign relations. Intuitive knowledge will be downloaded into the Collective Consciousness (for those who are receptive) that will inspire solutions to the problems facing Humanity. Extra-terrestrial information that supports Humanity’s development will be communicated. Divine inspirations will come to those who are willing to think out of the box. This cycle supports workshops, seminars, travel and foreign cultural experiences.

A greater sense of our oneness will expand and people will begin to awaken their hearts and minds to the love that is within each of us. Enlightened masters will come forth publically and share uplifting messages of higher Truth and good news for Humanity. These teachers will inspire large numbers of people to liberate themselves from fear and find inner peace.

On a personal level, you may feel an urgency to break free of all restrictions to your freedom, and begin a new direction in your life. Be all that you are and realize your unique potential. Follow your inspirations and honor your unique qualities and talents. 

 Jupiter Trines Pluto, June 8^th 2011 thru April 10^th 2012: This alignment brings expanded spiritual awareness and miracles for those who are spiritually focused. Profound and transformative workshops, seminars, vision quests and journeys to sacred places are enhanced and blessed.  When gatherings of two or more people join to consciously express a higher love, the Universe will respond by multiplying the full potential of spiritual power, abundance, prosperity and miracles.

Innovations with finances and resources could improve the overall well-being of the financial situations in the world. Intercontinental relations may be improved through innovative, cooperative, idealistic and spiritual actions.

Saturn Trines Neptune from October 30^th 2011 thru September 24^th 2013. This cycle supports the development of and commitments to more idealistic and compassionate policies and practices by governments, corporations, businesses and institutions.  Practical applications to mystical teachings are supported by this cycle.  Religious organizations may expand their teachings to include the mystical teachings.

The Divine Feminine teachings will gain more support and respect from authorities within religious organizations. The wisdom of compassionate expressions and the roles of women in history will gain recognition, credence and respect in the world. 

Uranus in Aries 

From March 11^th 2011 thru March 5, 2019 Uranus will transit through the sign of Aries. This stimulates major shifts in the Collective Consciousness of Humanity. Uranus, which represents the Collective Consciousness, has been transiting through the sign of Pisces since March 2003. During the past eight years, the majority of the human population has been living in a kind of functional coma state. Most people have been following the visions and programs that their charismatic leaders have dictated for them. Many of these leaders do not have the highest good of the people in their hearts, and have used fear and deception through propaganda to control and manipulate the masses.

Uranus in Aries will awaken greater passions for freedom and liberation from all bondages. This will stimulate revolutionary movements towards greater freedom and individual rights. People will demand greater respect. There will be insurgencies against authority and possibly civil wars.

Pluto in Capricorn

The planet Pluto transits the sign of Capricorn for the fourth year of a 17-year cycle, indicating more profound purging, breaking down and transmuting of all structures that are unlike Divine Love.  This must occur so that Love can infiltrate all of creation and bring forth a rebirth of consciousness to a higher vibration.

During the years that Pluto last transited Capricorn, from 1762 – 1777, new concepts of government were born, including the American Declaration of Independence in 1776. The Natal Chart of the United States has Pluto in the sign of Capricorn. Therefore, the transit of Pluto in this sign supports the purging of energies that are out of harmony with the higher principles and intentions of the founding fathers of this country. This cycle catalyzes the transmutations of those qualities of all governments that are not in the best interest of Humanity and are out of harmony with Divine Love.  It also supports the birth of a world government, based on the best interests of Humanity.

The Eclipses

Every six months, the Sun, Moon and Earth line up perfectly to reboot the Collective Consciousness. Eclipses represent special opportunities to break old patterns and make major changes in our lives. They occur close to the same degree in 19-year cycles. Issues that were important 19 years ago will come up for completion or for advancement to the next level.

Solar Eclipses are extra-powerful New Moons. They imprint a new set of energies into the Collective Consciousness that will be experienced for eternity. These energies become apparent during the follow six months following the initial imprint.

Lunar Eclipses are extra-potent Full Moons that expose unconscious aspects of the human psyche, bringing feelings and fears closer to the surface, making it clearer what is motivating or blocking us. Eclipses activate the archetypal energies of the signs in which they occur. The Houses of your Natal Chart, where the Sun and Moon are at the time of an eclipse, show what area of your life is being activated. Also, any Planets (in your Natal Chart) that are located within 5 degrees of the transiting Sun or Moon will be activated.

There will be Six Eclipses in 2011

January 4^th Solar Eclipse at 14 degrees in the sign of Capricorn. Jupiter and Uranus are Conjunct (27 degrees in the sign of Pisces). This stimulates Divine inspiration and activates our connection to the Galactic Center. We are likely to experience significant UFO and extra-terrestrial influences in 2011. (See more info on this eclipse below.)

June 1^st Solar Eclipse at 11 degrees in the sign of Gemini. Tools for mind mastery become available.

June 15^th Total Lunar Eclipse at 24 degrees in the sign of Sagittarius/Gemini. Activates our connection to the Galactic Center.

July 1^st Solar Eclipse at 9 degrees in the sign of Cancer. A Cardinal Grand Cross is created by the Sun/Moon Opposition Pluto Square to Saturn and Uranus. This alignment presents a powerful opportunity for personal mastery.

November 24^th Solar Eclipse at 3 degrees in the sign of Sagittarius. Occurs at a SuperMoon (i.e. when the Moon is in closest proximity to Earth [“perigee”] in its orbit at the time of a New Moon or Full Moon), catalyzing a stronger effect. Mercury turns Retrograde that same day at 20 degrees Sagittarius.

December 10^th Total Lunar Eclipse at 18 degrees in the sign of Gemini/Sagittarius. Uranus turns direct (at 1 degree Aries).

Full Moons at 29 degrees

The 30 degrees of each sign represent specific frequencies of expression and development. Planets in the earliest degrees stimulate our courage and initiative for new beginnings. Planets in the 29^th degree stimulate us to develop wisdom, compassion and mastery.

The first three Full Moons of 2011 occur at the 29^th degree of three signs, with the Sun expressing in the last three signs of the zodiac (29 degrees in the sign of Capricorn on January 19^th, 29 degrees in the sign of Aquarius on February 18^th, and 29 degrees in the sign of Pisces on March 19^th). These double expressions of Sun and Moon in the last degrees with the Sun in the last three signs signifies a year of significant transitions and opportunities for personal mastery.

CONCLUSION

Significant astrological alignments indicate that 2011 is a year of strong contrasts.  Contrasts are a blessing, as they help us become more focused in our thoughts, words and deeds.  Be aware of where you are putting your focus of attention at all times, and remember that you cannot focus upon unwanted and receive wanted.  Where you place your focus of attention is a moment by moment choice that only you can make.

Law of Attraction states: "That which is like unto itself is drawn. Vibrations are always matched. So, as you experience the contrast which inspires the new desire, this new desire, whether it is a strong one or a soft one, is summoning unto itself proportionately. And as it summons, it is always answered. It is the basis of our Universe. When it is asked, it is always given. Humans think they are asking with their words, or even with their action, and sometimes you are, but the Universe is not responding to your words or your action. The Universe is responding to your vibrational calling.” (Abraham-Hicks)

What will happen for you in 2011?  The choice is yours.

In Light, Love and Peace,

Govinda