Your Personal Solar Cycle

We live in a solar system under the control of the big local star we call the Sun.   Using an earth-based perspective we see that in a year the Sun passes through 12 different sectors expressing the energies of the astrological zodiac.

The sun is an immense force sending its transmissions out to embrace all the planets within its system and with capacities way beyond sunshine and solar flares. 

Every year this outpouring of solar creative energy brings that force to a particular aspect of your life for a period approximating a month.

Even if you don't have a personal birth chart which will give you a more personalised schedule of the solar cycle this additional method will also work to highlight the month by month focus areas.

Starting on the day of your birthday you can consider and hopefully pursue the areas of focus that offer growthful development.

The basic premise is that on one level the individual's solar year starts at the person’s birthdate with the year then divided into 12 monthly sectors.

For example a Scorpio born 15 November will begin month 1 of their solar year on November 15, Month 2 on December 15 switching focus on the 15^th of every month. 

A Leo born on the 8 of August will begin month 1 on that day every year and change focus on the 8^th of every month

So everyone allows one month from birth to contain the first sector –then proceeds through the year to observe 12 sectors.

Month 1 =  time to be more self aware, discovering ourself as a separate being, in touch with your needs and reaching out for what we want. A me-myself-I time.

Month 2  = meeting survival & security needs - food, clothing, shelter, income. Being in touch with body needs such as sensory stimulation or pampering the senses –massage, spa, makeover etc

Month 3 = time to shift into mental stimulation –reading, writing, learning, conversing, discussing. The mind is seeking input and variety. Some of this is achieved by information input and output, some achieved by gathering information more subtly through walking, jogging, cycling, driving or travelling into other environments, observing the variety of  life.

Month 4  = more awareness of and emphasis on family and home related matters, housing or accommodation, your place of shelter, where you nurture yourself in privacy away from the world. A time to know what you’re really feeling, discover how to nurture yourself and others.

Month 5 = the drive to create can express itself in this period through the fine art of child-rearing or the arty-crafty or designer side of you. Emphasising the recreational aspects of these –enjoying a fun activity with children or immersed in solo enjoyment of a home interior project, painting a landscape. This month is also time to be in touch with your heart, doing what you love and expressing love to others.

Month 6 = the emphasis is on making sure all your systems are functioning well. Firstly it is the body in terms of the digestive system –as this can be the source of so many subsequent health issues –which can in themselves require attention in this month. Diet and nutrition then become a relevant focus as a health-improving approach. The other system involving most adults is the day to day tasks related to their job.  Focus may be needed to improve efficiency, become better organised, reflects on what’s working, what isn’t and finding solutions or improvements.

Month 7 =Focus on how you relate to other people, how you treat others, how you manage your marriage, partnership, one-to-one processes or your closest relationship. Looking at any imbalances in contributions, fairness, inequality. Is someone being too selfish, too lazy, too irresponsible, unsupportive? Try to find agreeable solutions to restore harmony.

Month 8 = Issues of power or disempowerment can arise including any form of power abuse. Power is an energy that many gain from physical means, from money or from a position of authority. Many people abuse their power and many suffer from that abuse. In biological terms the sexual use of power is intended for the creation of children but we also engage in sex for reasons such as physical pleasure emotional intimacy, stress relief, dominance or violence. Sexual union as a transformational experience is explained in Tantric Buddhism and this quality of transcending the physical plane into a metaphysical experience of energy is the use of the sexual drive in pursuit of enlightenment. Another aspect which can arise in this part of the cycle -  is death: the symbolic death is the process of ongoing change we all have the opportunity to embrace – where parts of us die  -thoughts and ways of being –so we can be born again with a new sense of ourselves. It can be having to deal with the experience of literal death and its duties –such as dealing with a will or inheritance – someone you know may die –or someone known more remotely –a famous person.

Month 9 =  encourages an urge to expand ourselves on one or many dimensions. This many come through sport or exercise developing our physical capacities. It may be through very specialised study beyond our school education – expanding our minds with knowledge. It may be through travel we expand – moving across large distances with encounters that stretch our concepts of the world and humanity – or through exploration of unknown territories that excite our thirst for adventure. We may choose the armchair option of expanding the mind through philosophical or theological enquiry, seeking to understand the nature of our existence, the nature of reality and what we believe in.

Month 10 = we can now reflect on our successes and attainments and see what goals we still aspire to or what special vocation is our social responsibility. We can assess how much growth we have achieved in terms of increasing our level of maturity. Knowing how developed we are in terms of our capacity for self management and how successful we are in managing others is part of the process. This is a time to know what benefit we are to society and how to improve that.  Seeing what we are contributing and how much guidance we are offering to others is a gauge of how capable we are in nurturing our larger community

Month 11 =  a great time to devote to activities with friends one-to-one and/or have some group activities –whether that is recreational or for some developmental purpose. This is also the community-awareness month when opportunities to be involved outside your personal circle can be very beneficial. Community awareness then feeds into issues of how everyone is getting on, who needs help and what issues need highlighting. For these reasons issues of social justice are very relevant in this period.

Month 12 = the best opportunity to go into hibernation –the month before your birthday. This is the retreat from the world period and corresponds to the final month in the womb, pre-birth which is spent in a sleep state. As best you can, if a full solo retreat is not possible, it is advisable to spend as much time as you can alone doing those very private things like meditating, journal-writing, artwork, walking, daydreaming – to the exclusion of as many everyday tasks as possible. In a sane world this is when we would be able to take our annual leave.

This annual refresher allows us to get in touch with ourselves, process the complexities of life such as families, work, relationships and to formulate strategies for betterment.

This sequence starting from your birthdate is accessible to everyone and easy to enter on your monthly calendar

For those who know their accurate time of birth a more personalised solar cycle can be calculated. This is equally valid and will show that there are times when two areas of life activity are activated by the Sun. 

The other planets plus the Moon add further layers of focus which are dealt with in addition to the Solar cycle in personalised astrological consultations.

In Google Drive you can access a PDF version of the text section which contains instructions plus 5 sheets related to the Monthly Focus information  [sample of page 1 above] you can print for your own personal non-commercial use  Monthly Focus Table
[updated June 1 2018 with simplified keyword calendar, example sheet and blank for you to print ]

Profiling Kilauea Volcano Eruption 2018

Indicators are very strong

 for eruptive activity in May 2018 involving the Mt Kilauea Volcano

 on Big Island Hawaii

Signs of an uptick in activity came on April 24 2018 progressing to increased seismic processes by April 30.

On Thursday May 3 the USGS officially acknowledged an eruption event at 4.45pm local time

This activity is of considerable significance in the context of the energies in play during this period in 2018

 scroll to end for latest updates

• The early signs arose on April 24 when Mars, Jupiter and Pluto were in a tightly connected powerful synergy, amplified by Pluto being in stationary retrograde
• Activity proceeded to the point of eruption on May 3 soon after surface cracks were observed
• on Friday May 4 a M6.9 earthquake occurred
• inflationary and deflationary processes have seen  lava in the crater level rise and dramatically fall with the lava then seeking outlets through many fissures
• An eruptive pause occurred on May 8 at 7am with further deflation of the lava levels in the crater while earthquake activity was sustained
• May 8-9-10 has Jupiter in exact opposition to the Sun. This is an amplifying energy, like a full moon tidal effect so greater upticks are likely to be in process with outward effects
• May 11-12-13 has Pluto [the energy most associated with volcanic forces emanating from the underworld & currently in the zodiac sign of the mountain -Capricorn] in a strong flow with the Earth energies of the Sun in Taurus
• May 15 New Moon -with Sun Moon in Taurus in strong flow with a Mars-Pluto combination in Capricorn. Mars and Uranus in great tension over a period of days prior - from an exact 90 degree angle just before the new cycle of Uranus in Taurus. The lunar nodes in fire and air combine with Saturn in earth sign Capricorn

Overwhelmingly it is the buildup of incompatible energies in earth [Capricorn, Taurus] and fire [Aries Leo, Mars ] that dominate these events but water energy expressing through the combining of Jupiter and Neptune in Scorpio and Pisces [2 water signs] will be operating in combination at a molecular level [hydrogen-oxygen] in the volcanic processes

USGS states 

This chemical analysis is consistent with the combined effect of Jupiter and Neptune in strong flow from mid May 2018
update May 10:

The combined indicators point to very high probability of a major event unfolding from the mid month period as the New Moon builds. 

update May 10 US time
Water in the form of groundwater is seen by seismologists as the next major trigger. 
The effects of Jupiter-Neptune are consistent with this threat building from mid-month.
Concern from seismologists that a one in 100 year event could unfold in coming days -consistent with astrological forecast approaching a potent New Moon

Washington Post documentation

Astrological charts
Kilauea 1975 1983 2018
show signatures of relevance;  major events 1975 and 1983 had Scorpio rising. Will be interesting to see if the fixed signs again control the chart axes in a further major event in May 2018.
The initial eruptive event 2018 has Jupiter at 19 Scorpio, Mercury 17 Aries
Midpoint analysis enables the uncovering of where paired or multiple energies synergise and are triggered by even an angle incorrectly seen as innocuous or weak -a semisquare or sesquiquadrate. Evidence time and again shows these ought not to be ignored

May 8 tweet: around 17 in astrological terms covers at least 1-2 degrees either side

1975 has Pluto-Venus-Moon at 16 Libra opposing Jupiter 15 Aries and big shaker Uranus on the Scorpio Asc squ Saturn in Leo at the midheaven

1983 has multiple cardinal factors midpointing at 16 degrees which activates Jupiter at 1 degree [15 degree angle] Sun-Venus and Mars hold 19 degree positions which link to 4 degree nodes [another 15 degree factor]

2018 has Pluto-Saturn with a 15.5 cardinal midpoint and Mars-Saturn with a 16.5 cardinal midpoint so all 3 combine at 16. Moon-Pluto midpoint links to Saturn. This combo all clustered at the vertical axis. Lunar nodes squaring sun over days of approach.

Mars and Uranus in great tension just as big shaker Uranus is about to enter the territory of earth changes - in Taurus. Strong profiles of fire and earth energies along with increrasingly potentised water energy in second half of May

All the factors noted in these 3 charts are considered directly relevant to the volcanic and seismic activity in effect in the periods identified and indicate that sustained themes apply which must reflect an inherent volatility imprinted in that location which bears those same signatures

The 1924 Kilauea sequence lasted 17 days from May 10
update May 14 2018: Veteran US astrologer Richard Nolle points out than one of the events in 1924 occurred on the May 18 full Supermoon. His chart [below] for that event also has the fixed signs ruling the chart axes and the fixed sign full moon in Taurus-Scorpio is exactly square the nodal axis in Leo Aquarius [dramatic fireworks from the depths of the earth!]
According to my own theory of major environmental events the dynamic 27/12 pairing is clearly on display in this 1924 eruption -multiple factors [Sun Moon Saturn Nodes] at 27 degrees, Mars, Mercury at 12&13

In 2018 the year's lunations staring in January have featured a string of 27 degree positions including the first supermoon in January. The last relevant lunation before activity started in April was the March combo of New Moon plus Chiron at 27 degrees Pisces and Uranus at 27 Aries with Venus at 12 Aries. This  bundling of energy could easily have been the precursor to what began to unfold from late April. Various dates from mid to late May 2018 hold potential triggers -the New Moon window + further that week = 13th-18th. Then it's also a matter of when Jupiter and Neptune add in the full force of the groundwater factor -Mars could do that on or close to the 18th giving Kilauea a true remembrance day of 1924.

Updates

Update June 1
Vigorous activity has persisted in past fortnight with subsequent endangerment and loss of property -Reuters summary

From a perspective of energies prevailing in early June the potential remains for a resurgence.
June 6 -7 [Universal Time] poses a worthwhile watch period.


update May 17 in Hawaii

the mountain responded at 04.15 local time - and as demonstrated by exact data - providing the largest eruption to date in this April-May 2018 period - with the two earth-movers Uranus and Pluto on the main chart axes.
Mars at a stress angle at 90 degrees exact to Uranus, Saturn-Pluto-Mars in synergy. and remembering that Jupiter plus Neptune = the groundwater factor still in play and strengthening.
It was an explosive eruption but not in the mega category -and  this chart shows Kilauea is responding to the prevailing planetary forces especially Uranus, Mars, Pluto, Jupiter and Neptune and within the next 7 days these indicators are likely to remain highly significant activators.

further updates will be added after watching May 2018 unfold at Mt Kilauea