As we progress through Mercury retrograde, the past shows up for remembrance and review. During the final stages of World War II (in 1945), two atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima (Aug. 6) and Nagasaki (Aug. 9), Japan. This event (the only use of nuclear weapons in war to date) released and liberated the energy of the atom – an important spiritual event equal to the appearance of humanity on Earth. Universal Peace Day was created to commemorate the moments and days of those bombings.
Organized in 1984 (Art for the People in Central Park, New York, N.Y., beginning with a sunrise meditation), singers, dancers, artists and poets shared messages of peace throughout the day. At the exact moment on the anniversary of the bombings, candles were lit and bells rang out all over Central Park. Since then, Universal Peace Day celebrations occur around the world. In 1987, as people everywhere shared their visions of peace on computers, the mayor of Hiroshima made a dedication for peace via telephone at the exact moment of the bombing.
By 2008, international recognition for Universal Peace Day was commemorated simultaneously by the United Nations and Japan ringing peace bells together. In Hiroshima this year, runners will bring the torch of peace into the city to light the fire of Hope and Peace. Now a global observance with worldwide broadcasts, everyone can join in with bells and candle-lighting. The purpose is to unite humanity for a moment of peace, to remember the bombings in Japan and to rededicate ourselves to life. We remember the esoteric equation for peace: Good will Þ right relationsÞ active peace.
Online, tune in to Peace Day TV, the United Nations peace page. See peaceday.tv. Register your celebration at livepeaceinternational.org. Let our bells ring out together. See Risa’s Facebook page for daily astrological/esoteric updates. Note: In weeks to come, with Mercury retro, we’ll change our minds a lot.
ARIES: It’s best to plan on having fun during the next several weeks. This will stimulate your creativity, which won’t follow its usual road-less-traveled but will embark upon an entirely new direction – but only if you ponder the state of your creativity and seek other sources of inspiration to discover new patterns. New alternatives find their way to you. Change is your newest name.
TAURUS: Mercury retro is about detours, delays and the long way around any and all situations and events. It’s time now to review your previous course of action and decisions. More fundamental values have now arisen and it’s best to get to the heart of what you’re doing so that future stability is assured. Someone’s voice is important. Hearken to it.
GEMINI: It will be important for your self-identity (which is altering) and your creativity (being restructured) to understand that your life agenda is evolving, your friends are shifting about, positions are changing and only you are the reliable one in your life. Always the message: Tend carefully to your money. You may spend more than usual.
CANCER: Take time to settle financial worries and concerns by re-strategizing where money is being spent. Concerns about the future are real. The future is an unknown. However, we need to prepare by putting food away in case of unusual events. The Mormons are efficient in this area. I found an excellent website about food storage for you. Analyze and review it at lds.about.com/od/preparednessfoodstorage/a/foodstoragewhat.htm.
LEO: The main questions asked the next several weeks are, “Who am I to myself and to others?” and “How do I project myself out into the world?” The search for answers leads to an internal review of self that show the truth of who and what you’ve become in the last many years. Now is the time for refinement, for calling in consistency and personal magnetism, and a love that’s real. It will happen.
VIRGO: All realities become inner realities. All resources become inner resources. All communication becomes internalized even though sometimes you think you’re speaking aloud. Know that for three weeks veils will envelop your eyes, a mist will surround you as your life’s reality and activity move behind the scenes. In other words, only instinct and intuition are your guides.
LIBRA: So many things are occurring for Libras. Your self-identity is restructuring, your foundation is transforming, your home has moved, your creativity has been refined, your relationships have revolutionized, your resources have expanded, your anger has arisen and your love of friends has been revealed. Now, it’s good to be silent for a while to assess. New vistas of introspection are approaching.
SCORPIO: What’s occurring in your world? Something important is being communicated there; something’s offered. Take it at least for a while. Make no big decisions during the next three weeks. However, ponder what it’s like to be in the spotlight. Don’t misstep and stumble amid all the footlights aimed at you. Stand a bit in the shadows. Others follow your clear, thoughtful mental clarity. You’ve earned this recognition.
SAGITTARIUS: You are in a bit of a period of pause, entering into an interlude of thoughtful rest. Tend to important things like travel, which so often gives you direction, vision and purpose. For the next 12 months, a new self-identity will resolve itself within you. For now, you may be feeling the shifting to and fro with many different identities. Try on all of them. Impact your environments, friends and yourself with acts of goodwill.
CAPRICORN: Set a goal to review your monetary situation. Set another goal to organize it, applying resources in ways that don’t make you feel overspent. Are there resources somewhere you’ve forgotten or are there other ways of bringing in money that you’ve previously rejected? A sure way of receiving more is to tithe to those in need. When you give from your heart, a magnetic field is created and we’re given back tenfold. Teach this to the children in your life. It’s spiritual science.
AQUARIUS: What is the status of your relationships, partnerships, intimates and close friends? It is good in coming weeks to assess this; to mend ties with some, offer services to others, forgive some and ask forgiveness of others, shake hands with some and embrace others. Misperceptions easily occur. Reach out; make contact through direct compassionate communication.
PISCES: Everything in your daily life is suddenly different. New responsibilities appear as you return to a previous situation. Mental clarity will be needed along with physical strength and quiescent emotions. Be careful with anger toward your mother or those close to you. The recognition you seek may not be available. You’re on your own on an island. You’ll need a boat, good shoes and that sweater your mother always told you to wear. And storming heaven for direction.
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