1st Aug 2008
More Wiggle Room
The August 2008 Forecast
A few days ago, I attended a lecture given by Steven Koonin, Chief Group Scientist of British Petroleum, sponsored by the Scripps Institute of Oceanography. He was speaking on “Energy Trends and Technologies”. Quite an articulate speaker, he had an impressive array of statistics that made the energy future of the planet look both better and worse than it appears now. Although his statistics might be challenged (I haven’t fact-checked him), several undeniable factors stood out: First, the problem with availability of energy and the fuels that bring it from existing fossil supplies isn’t below the ground — it’s above-ground, in the form of delivery and cost issues (below-ground problems are not far off, though). (In other words, the market is being manipulated in many ways.) Second, while there are reserves to last for many years into the future (enough time to switch to alternate sources), the planet can’t afford for us to continue with, as he put it, “business as usual”. We need to reduce our current usage by at least half worldwide, and at present the rate is going up 2-3% per year (worldwide). Third, it is unlikely that governments and politicians have the intestinal fortitude to do what it takes to create the climate for the necessary changes, so the people must spearhead the effort.
This had the effect of reducing my energy angst. This is not because the situation is not serious, because it is; rather, it is because somebody could put boundaries on the problem. It’s not a bottomless, unsolvable, dire, and immediate problem with no solution, as it may seem by listening to the media or watching gas prices go up with no ceiling in sight.
My point is that “knowns” are always easier to deal with than unknowns.
For the rest of the forecast, go to www.terrylamb.net and click on “Forecast”.
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27th Jun 2008
I’ve finally been able to get this and my other two blogs functioning! My ISP “upgraded” their platform in February, and to my dismay, my blog listings were all backwards! Well, my time constraints and their poor customer service conspired to keep me from addressing the problem until this week — and they’re all finally fixed!
I’m going to be changing the focus of my forums and blogs. I will continue, of course, to write the monthly forecast (coming out this weekend) that will be posted on my website and announced in all of them. However, the rest of what I contribute to the forums will be educational more than forecast-oriented. I’ll answer your questions and post new articles and passages there that you can use to learn more about the subjects on this website.
I’m going to use the blogs to do personal updates that will have more of the “forecast-y” stuff in them, but there will also be more whimsical entries. I won’t promise to stick to a particular schedule, but I will post more often to everything again.
So come back and visit the forums and blogs frequently. If you look at my website (www.terrylamb.net), you’ll already find a new look. I’m still working on improving the navigation process - due shortly. I have also scheduled a series of new events, and I will be adding more, so check out “What’s New” on my website, as well as the forum calendar.
Many of the events will be recorded both on CD and DVD, so even if you’re not in town, you can attend. And watch for free on-line presentations, as well as courses in the near future. Details of this are also on the “What’s New” page.
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30th Apr 2008
I HAVE TO ADMIT, I’ve been feeling the squeeze. Saturn is returning to forward (direct) motion in early Virgo (where it contacts my chart), and people have been laying down the law. It seems like with Saturn we’re held to a higher standard. We get the bad news first, and then we get to see if we’ve done enough to prevent repercussions. Are our previous actions to prevent difficulty enough to actually do so?
Saturn’s Story
Here’s our Saturn story for this cycle. In early September, we realized that we had to look at something a little differently. Relying on old ways of doing things wasn’t working. We had to find some new ways to manage this area of our life. Wisely, we made plans and put them into motion. Around November 30 we got a chance to see how well these plans might work for us, and by December 19, we had a well-defined set of tasks to complete by a particular deadline. This deadline is imminent, around May 2, as Saturn moves into the closing phase of its cycle.
Saturn Rewards Us If We Do the Work.
Saturn rewards hard work, but it has to be meaningfully applied — the right work. Now we get to see if our work has been effective. If the gifts we have created for the world will be well-received, or if we need to make further adjustments.
The reward period is upon us, although how much is determined by where Saturn is in your birth chart. If you are in a reward period with respect to Saturn’s 30-year cycle through your chart, you may gain very big rewards indeed. If you are not, the rewards will be palpable, encouraging, but not the full wagon load you can expect when you reach the right stage.
More in the May forecast.
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24th Apr 2008
I was right about Mars-Jupiter - it was so full of activity for me, I was OBE! Here’s an update for this week and next.
It’s Mars-Jupiter Time! (With No Small Dose of Venus)
The big day was yesterday (Wednesday, the 23rd), but we’re still in the shadow of the Great Ones. What’s noteworthy about this is that all three planets are in debility according to the ancient system. This means that, although individuals can exceed the mediocre at any time by applying awareness, most people will not do well with these planets. With Venus in Aries, they will act selfishly; with Mars in Cancer, they will act petulantly; with Jupiter in Capricorn, they will act with coldness and ambition. This does not mean that you or I will do so; however the news may show how conscious our leaders are: If they do well, it shows their good character; if not — well, you know the rest.
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13th Apr 2008
Cooling Off Period Coming - Astro-Weather 4/13/08
It’s going to be cooling off here pretty soon, and I’m not just saying that because the weather has been alarmingly hot in southern California today! Up to 103 degrees! This may be fine for the desert, but it is even not usually that hot there at this time of year. I think it’s the shape of things to come, but I hope only now and then for a while. We need a chance to see if our leaders can start heading us in the right direction.
We’ve had a plateful around here, just in terms of activity. It feels as if the emergency brake that had been holding everything back has suddenly been cut loose. This is partly the long shadow of Pluto in its new position, getting triggered by so many planets in a new and unfamiliar position. But with so many indicators that seem like mayday signals, there’s more to it.
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6th Apr 2008
I took a longer-than-usual hike this morning. The weather was perfect — overcast, cool, and breezy. Great for strenuous exercise and fantastic lighting for photos. The floral display on the mountainsides just keeps getting better and better. I wanted to get two new flowers — pincushion and scarlet pimpernel. Cowles Mountain is so resplendent with blooms that the trail is nearly overgrown in places. I went over the top and down the other side of the mountain, where the rainfall is greater. I expected to see a wider variety of flowers, but they are not out yet. Instead, I found the shrubs to be incredibly thick and overgrown, as different as night and day from the other, drier side.
A new lunar cycle . . . Venus newly in Aries . . . more newness awaits in the week ahead. The current-year Jupiter cycle began on December 22, and we’ve been working as if in a chrysalis toward an indistinct goal. However, the manifestation of that goal becomes better defined this week as the Sun makes its opening square to this planet of expansion.
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31st Mar 2008
AS THE PLANETS MOVE out of a cluster formation into a “splash” around the wheel, several dynamic configurations form and reform, calling us to action. In general, the month begins full of tension but ends in a peaceful denouement as issues are detangled and resolved.
We’re suffering from a glut of Pluto energy as the month begins. It never really left us after the full moon on March 21, since it was near its standstill even then. In the last week of March, this was intermixed with a startling dose of Uranus’s awakening energy. If you experienced disruptions in your electronic devices and activities, you were not alone.
Our First Concentrated Dose of Pluto in Capricorn
Pluto is sending us its first concentrated dose of energy from its new summit in Capricorn. Capricorn is all about perspective, . . . (For more, go to the whole article.)
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30th Mar 2008
Last week was full of excitement and unexpected events for me - how about you? There was a dark undertone to it, however, that I didn’t anticipate. It’s because Pluto was still active in the midst of all the other planetary energies popping out all over.
Pluto Means Transformation
Pluto was activated at the time of the Full Moon on March 21 — and boy, howdy! However, it has remained active as it slows down to its station, which occurs on April 2. Pluto begins its retrograde period on the 2nd, and before it can start going backward it has to stand still. That’s what it’s doing on that day. It will bring up for us events that occurred on or around December 20 and March 21. If you can think of what was happening for you around those dates and see a theme, you’ll know what you’ll be working on for the rest of the year involving transformative processes.
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24th Mar 2008
I’ve been having a “gobs of thread” moment. This refers to a story one of my English lit teachers told during my freshman year in college. She was talking about the intervention of divine grace, and she described a situation which, as a young mother, she found insuperable. She needed to stitch a frayed seam on her daughter’s blouse one day before school. In a hurry, she found that she did not have the cooperation of her sewing machine. She pressed the foot pedal, and all she got was gobs of thread. She began to panic, but tried again. Again, gobs of thread. Over and over, gobs of thread. Finally, in desperation, she prayed to St. Joseph, the patron saint of households (among many other things, I’m sure), and voila! - the machine started working.
Now, I don’t have a Catholic background or a relationship with St. Joseph, but I can relate to the “gobs of thread” story. I’ve been experiencing the modern equivalent of gobs of thread, only in the form of the mobile phone that died, the malfunctioning USB port, and the back-up software that doesn’t work on my computer.
So, I’m wondering, what’s up? Or more accurately, what’s going on “up there”, in the heavens?
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16th Mar 2008
I want to pay homage one more time to the Sun-Uranus conjunction of last weekend. I think I mentioned that I had a near-accident while hiking the day of the conjunction (March 8th). Well, considering that I had to make a trip to the chiropractor, I think we could say that it was an actual accident. My neck did end up jamming, and it wasn’t releasing on its own. However, the fact that I was able to function all week with a minimum of pain proves to me that my health balance has greatly improved over the past few months with my work to balance my energies and the cleansing I’ve been doing for the past month. So, I’m seeing progress related to my efforts associated with ongoing planetary cycles, even as another one starts. (See the rest of the entry for photos.)
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