We open 2016 in the Theme of Tension, giving us all an impulse to adjust our lives, dramatically if need be, and realign with the present and upcoming times and seasons. Change is in the air, and more so at this time than ever before in living or recorded memory. This Theme of Tension plays out 4 times a year, at the beginning of January, April, July and October and helps us \u2018stay on our toes,\u2019 and be prepared for any needed course corrections in our actions, beliefs, or theories about life that are shown to us to be out of date, unrealistic or misguided.<\/p>\n
The major trends for the world continue around human rights issues, including gender, racial, health, financial, political, international, and religious rights, as the planet Pluto moves between Gate 38, Opposition, \u201cThe Fighter\u201d who as an \u201cindividual stands against perceived untruth,\u201d and Gate 54,\u201d Ambition, both material and spiritual\u201d and \u201ccommitting first to your independence and then to outside sources that can assist.\u201d**<\/p>\n
In 2016, we will experience a breakdown in many institutions that do not pass scrutiny in a 21st Century environment. Everyone, without exception, will be challenged in regards to their belief systems, especially ones that are held on traditional ties that cannot be substantiated morally, factually, or by scientific means. \u00a0If Edward Snowden\u2019s expos\u00e9s and Julian Assange\u2019s WikiLeak\u2019s revelations of the past years have shocked the world, then get ready for even more outrageous surprises. \u00a0There is a threshold of personal and collective tolerance that will be broached in many arenas. \u00a0It is up to each individual whether to be outraged enough to make personal adjustments or get swept up in political and\/or moral indignation and be distracted from their life\u2019s journey.<\/p>\n
As Jupiter transits through 64, \u201cDiverse Possibilities,\u201d and 47, \u201dRealizations,\u201d we can expect big personal perception shifts that help us overcome limiting beliefs about ourselves and who and what we have been told to trust in life, particularly concerning the truth concerning religions, finances, and diplomacy\/politics. \u00a0At any time in your life when you have been told something was real and to be trusted, and you accepted this belief, only to find out later that what you had accepted was anything but trustworthy, you will have experienced intense disappointment in whoever convinced you to accept their belief, in yourself for accepting it blindly, and in the belief itself, even reacting dramatically against it and persuading yourself never to be so foolish again.<\/p>\n
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Jupiter can be expected to trigger plenty of wake-ups in 2016 that will not only affect every individual personally but also affect the ways politics, religions and financial structures throughout the world operate. From September onwards, as Jupiter starts moving through all the \u201cSpleen Center Gates,\u201d we can expect great revelations in medicine and a reinvigoration of personal wellness regimens, particularly in terms of establishing who gets health care, and what is really needed to be healthy and what foods and drugs to avoid to be healthy.<\/p>\n
(Over 50% of Americans have been persuaded to have some form of prescription pharmacology in their daily lives). This \u201chealthiness\u201d tendency will also touch into politics and a recognition of how whole populations have been motivated, even terrorized by real or mostly imaginary fears. (WMD, Cold War, Jihad, Economics, Global Warming, Pandemics, Jews, Russia, China, End Days, Raptures, Asteroids, etc\u2026.).<\/p>\n
The writing is on the wall for the fossil fuel industry. \u00a0To date, oil has been a major factor in sustaining several dynasties through organized cartels and price-fixing. New technologies are appearing as the planet Uranus that triggers creative diversity, continues to transit through Gate 51, \u201cThe Arousing,\u201d and then Gate 42, \u201cIncrease and Growth,\u201d where there begins a rather dramatic balancing of wealth and power that has been previously based on energy prices. \u00a0It might take a few years for replacing technologies to take over, by the seeds of change are planted. \u00a0It is not just Mr. Musk with his Tesla cars, vacuum trains, and reusable rockets who is clear about fossil alternatives, we are close to having fusion reactors, levitation, and other means of accessing essential energies that have always been available but remained \u201cundiscovered.\u201d<\/p>\n
Neptune continues her movements through Gate 37, \u201cFriendship and Family\u201d encouraging us all to \u201ccome together\u201d as a world citizenry. \u00a0It dips into Gate 63 \u201cDoubts\u201d from April 24th to August 5th adding impetus to our remembering who and what is important to us, and why. \u00a0The encouragement for engaging in the best way with Neptune\u2019s gifts is to be clear and present in all meetings and all interactions with anyone we meet at this time. \u00a0The easiest way to know if you have been present is to remember the color of the person\u2019s eyes before you break contact. \u00a0Neptune always carries a mystical quality and her presence in Gate 37 opens the doorway to meetings that may have greater significance than we can necessarily appreciate at the time. (In another aspect of Neptune\u2019s presence in our lives, creative fantasy, e.g. Star Wars, and \u201cbased on a true-life story\u201d movies will tend to dominate in the cinemas).<\/p>\n
Saturn moves back and forth through Gate 9 \u201cApplied Details\u201d and the need to have our facts in order before implementing anything in our lives; and Gate 5, \u201cTiming\u201d and the need to be in touch with natural timings to any events in our lives. \u00a0This will likely mean that we are to trust our attentiveness and inner guidance more than ever in 2016, rather than go along with any presumed facts and timetables we have previously relied on.<\/p>\n
Perhaps the most interesting aspect of 2016 is the retrograde (apparent backward) motion of Mars between April 17th and June 30th. \u00a0Mars represents our forward actions and is not particularly suited to \u201cretreating,\u201d but does so every two years. \u00a0The effect on our lives is to rearrange whatever projects and trajectories we have going on. \u00a0 Mars makes a turn in Gate 9, of \u201cApplied Details, Attentiveness\u201d and Line 4 \u201cBeing dependable, Staying present and focused despite distractions,\u201d where Mars adds the particular flavor: \u201cHabitually pushing past essential details, you will eventually succumb to outside pressures.\u201d The indication here is that we need to be completely clear in the vision for our life, and particularly clear in exactly who and what we are committing our life energies towards. \u00a0Distractions are going to come at us from all sides, and if we are not clear in our purpose, we will be dislodged. \u00a0On June 30th, when Mars turns direct again, it does so in Gate 43, of \u201cBreakthrough and Insight,\u201d and Line 5, \u201cBeing Forthright, implementing any new insights requires great thoroughness,\u201d implying that whatever views we had held about our lives, our purpose and our activities has the opportunity for substantial rearrangement, IF<\/strong>, we recognize and establish the insights we have received into new and practical ways. \u00a0 Once we have established these insights, there is no going back for at least 2 years. \u00a0In this time of massive changes, here is an opening to actualize our presence as co-creators on earth in positive and meaningful ways.<\/p>\n Much more can be said about 2016, and I leave off now with the encouragement for you to join our\u00a0Energies and Opportunities 2016 Program<\/a><\/strong>, and for you to be present on our monthly calls (accessible worldwide), and get the latest updates!\u00a0Learn more here…<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n **From The Book of Lines, A 21st Century View of the IChing, written especially for Human Design.<\/p>\n