The Energies of May 2014 ~by Jennifer Hoffman
"If you have gotten through April and are still standing and breathing, congratulations. Now that we have made our way through those energies (and they were very powerful), we get a chance to align with and implement them, starting in May. The process of transformation is never completed in a single step, it is a journey of release, receiving, alignment, and integration. We release the old to make room for something new, we shift our attention as we create new intentions, we integrate new energies when the old no longer serve us, and this is a continuous spiral of evolution and ascension. If we thought that once April was over things would get back to normal, we’re partly there. But the journey has taken a big detour and the status quo no longer applies. Everything has been stirred up, now we need to decide where it all fits.
April was a very high energy month and in May we can initiate the practical application of those energies. To look at this another way, if what happened in April caused you to clean out your emotional, psychic, and spiritual closet, then in May you get to put everything back into the closet, minus those things you now know you can live without, no longer want, or no longer need. What are those things? Anything that doesn’t serve your intention for your life in this moment. Anything that is no longer in alignment with your vision for yourself, your next steps, and your future in the context of what you now want. Anything that does not give to you or that takes from you. Anything that makes you sad, unhappy, feel powerless, or unfulfilled. In May we look at life from the perspective of value.
The April 29 eclipse, in Taurus, adds a new element to the shakeup that we had in April. Before we rush in and start putting our lives back together again, it’s time to do a value review. So often we think of value as a measure of what others think about us — if they like us then we feel valuable and valued, and if they don’t then we think we’re broken or wrong. We judge ourselves based on how others receive and perceive us and whether they value what we offer to them. But value is such a subjective thing because we value things that are meaningful to us. For example, if you have listened to the Enlightening Life radio show, I often use camping as an example of value. I don’t like camping and wouldn’t go on a camping trip if someone asked me to, no matter how wonderful they thought it was because I don’t value camping. It doesn’t have a place in my value system. A nice vacation to the beach or the mountains, staying in a nice hotel, and eating at nice restaurants all have value to me — sleeping in a tent does not. What do you value? What do value and valuable mean to you?
Value goes beyond what is important to you, it describes what has meaning in your life or, what you give meaning to. Do you value love, peace, and joy? Do you value being respected and honored by the people in your life? Do you value doing meaningful work that you love, or living in a place where you have the support of and community with energetically-minded people? If you have not thought about those things in a long time or, if you have put them to the side because you do not feel you can or deserve to have this kind of value in your life, May will bring those issues up for you.
You can’t demand that others value you, but you can begin by valuing yourself, which will set the energy for attracting everything that corresponds to your level of self value. This may mean that the people and situations who cannot value you will step out of your life. It also means that the things that can align with your value will step in. Remember the revolving door article (you can read it here), what goes out makes room for what is coming in and, if we use our intention in powerful ways, that process can be seamless.
On another note, you may feel a little stuck in May (or continue to feel stuck if that is how you have been feeling for the past few months) because while Mars goes direct (finally!), it also stays close to the degree of the eclipse for most of the month. Its angle to the eclipse is called an inconjunct (150 degrees) which, if you took the Astrology Basics class, you know is an uncomfortable angle, like trying to put a square peg in a round hole. Something has to shift in order for the peg to fit, we need to use a different peg or find a different hole. This is all part of the ongoing process of transformation that we have been in for several years now and which shifts in May, to creating the foundation for your value system. When it feels like the energy is moving in your life again, completely unencumbered, which may happen in June or July, you will have established your self value and be ready to align with and integrate people and situations that reflect your new value foundation back to you.
Does it feel like every time you turn around something else comes up? Are you hoping for the ‘all clear’ signal so you can sit back and take it easy? Do you miss the ‘good old days’ when we all lived in blissful ignorance of these things and life was more predictable? It wasn’t really predictable, it was just comfortable, and was a ‘known’ quantity. We were on the destiny path, where everything was laid out for us according to our karma, and we had far fewer options. Now we’re on the path of creation, and while destiny and karma are one path, there are many others that we can choose to take. That is, if we are willing to step out of our comfort zone and into our discomfort zone and are ready to value ourselves enough to believe that we are worthy of wonderful value and valuable experiences.
Because while the options are available, we still have to choose them. To make it easier to decide, our comfort zone becomes very uncomfortable as our soul urges us to transform and then, when we finally decide to break free, we step into the unknown territory of creation, with its unlimited potential. This is the new paradigm we have come here to give birth to, our mission and purpose for this lifetime, and the legacy that we will leave for future generations. Rather than hoping the ‘good old days’ will return (because they won’t and we really don’t want them to return), let’s instead focus on the peace, love, abundance, and joy that we have the power to create now. What can you do each do to be the full expression of the Source light that you are? That’s your gift to yourself, to Source, to humanity and to the Universe. See yourself as worthy, valuable, valued and having value and you will know exactly what to do with the energies of May."
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How to Shift Gears with Grace and Ease
by Jennifer Hoffman On May 5, 2014
"If you have ever driven a car with a stick shift, you know that it requires a balanced combination of action and timing. I learned how to drive on a car with a manual transmission and it wasn’t an elegant process. At first, progress was measured in inches as I learned how to coordinate the clutch and gas pedals and shift gears, as the car died every few seconds. Now I can do it effortlessly and even though I have driven an automatic for years, I quickly master the manual drive after a few minutes in the car. Before I go more deeply into this topic I want to suggest that the struggles with shifting that we are having now are very much like this process and we need to remember what we already know in order to help this process proceed more smoothly. If we look at the process as a recall instead of a ‘start from the beginning’, it’s less frustrating and we will have a different perspective on the lack of motion, as well as the stops and starts.
When you learn to drive a car with a manual transmission, you quickly learn that every gear has a limited maximum speed. The car won’t go very fast in first gear, no matter how hard you push on the gas pedal. If you try to go faster than the gear allows, the car will just make a lot of noise. Increasing the speed requires that you switch gears, by depressing the clutch pedal, releasing the gas pedal, and moving the shifter to the next gear. If you try to move the shifter without pushing in the clutch pedal, the car will make a lot of noise, and you can cause some serious damage. Likewise, if you keep your foot on the gas pedal while trying to shift, the car will also make a lot of noise.
And you have to move from first to second to third gear, etc. because if you try to skip gears (unless you are going very fast), the car will actually slow down, cough, sputter, and die, and you will look like you don’t know how to drive (not to mention stopping in the middle of the road). The process of learning to drive a stick shift is painful (I know all too well) and it’s a matter of timing and coordination, which is a lot like the journey we’re on now. And while you are learning, the car makes a lot of noise. In fact, that’s how you know you’re doing something wrong, the car whines, clanks, coughs, and sputters a lot.
The odd thing about this process is that while the clutch pedal is depressed, the car is in neutral, and the engine is disengaged from the driveshaft. At that point, it doesn’t matter how much we push on the gas pedal, the car is not going to move any faster. We are also in neutral while we’re shifting gears energetically, and nothing appears to be happening. In reality, we’re still in motion and moving forward but we’re actually coasting until a higher gear is engaged, and then we can go faster. And if we try to go faster without giving ourselves any neutral time as we are preparing to shift gears, we may hear a lot of noise and while we may not do any damage, we can feel very stuck.
And I haven’t even mentioned what happens when you have to stop on a hill and as soon as you push the clutch the car starts rolling backwards. Then you just hope that the car behind you isn’t so close that you bump into them as you’re trying to coordinate the gas pedal and shift gears and start moving forwards.
This process is very much like what we are going through every time our energy is ready to shift, which is every time we look at our lives and wonder whether there is something else available for us. Our current dissatisfaction is the portal to new potentials, if we can give ourselves time to shift gears by getting through the neutral phase and use our ‘coasting time’ to assess where we want to go next. Wanting to always move forwards, to go quickly from one thing to another, to keep forging ahead, is part of being human. But our connection to our divine Will lies in the pauses, those moments when we have disengaged from our forward movement and are coasting, that we can be detached and assess our next steps.
It is in those moments when we can ask important questions like
-where do we want to go next
-what is our next best step (which is the one that serves us best, that is the most empowered and empowering, and most aligned with our intention)
- how powerful can we allow ourselves to be
-what are we willing to release and leave behind as we shift into another gear?
If we use this time to make a lot of noise, like complaining that we are not moving fast enough, we feel stuck, or we are frustrated with the lack of progress, we aren’t using the pause effectively and trying to move before we can shift gears. We will soon reach the limit of the gear (energy level) we are in and have to prepare to shift gears again. Eventually we can learn to use the pauses in powerful ways, to prepare for the next shift so that we flow into it with grace and ease, instead of with a lot of noise. Are you ready for your next shift? Is it a noisy process or does it seem to be moving very slowly? Try asking the important questions and use the power of the pause to empower your potential so you flow into your next energetic level with grace and ease."
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If you like this article and would like to work with me because you are ready for profound personal and spiritual transformation, consider a personal intuitive consultation or intuitive coaching, where we work together to examine your life path, purpose, potential, and possibilities and help you choose one that will bring you the joy, abundance, love, peace and power that you are ready for. Click here to explore the possibilities for transformation.
Copyright (c) 2014 by Jennifer Hoffman. All rights reserved. You may quote, copy, translate and link to this article, in its entirety, on free, non-donation based websites only, as long as you include the author name and a working link back to this website. All other uses are strictly prohibited.
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