After the first three songs he stopped went to the front of the stage, thanked the audience for coming. Then he did something I’ve never seen him do before on any of the tours, he said

“I want to take a moment to take you and this all in.”

A moment of grace.

1) The Beatles. Genius. Common everyday boy loves making music.

He gets together with other mates; his collaboration leads to greater things than he could do alone. As a solo-entrepreneur what ways can you collaborate with another person to support each other’s growth (personally and professionally)?

2) The Beatles break-up. Change hurts.

Everything that did work now doesn’t. You’re miserable. What are you going to do about it? The Beatles broke up because no one was happy, which made everybody (the fans) sad and mad when the music stopped. In business do you have the courage to speak your truth, and change course, rework the plan? It may be time to abandon what’s here and start over.

Where am I staying the same because I’m afraid to hurt someone?

Where am I limiting my ability to create greater because of other people will think?

Give yourself permission to not know, and surrender.

3) Sir Paul creates Wings- new band, new award winning music.

Change leads to death of the old way. Death and rebirth. Sometimes you have to hang in the dangle when the new way hasn’t shown up. It’s uncomfortable. You are asked to see in the dark, trust your decisions. You are dreaming the new way…yet may feel pangs of anger, sadness, grief, and even a longing to go back.  Know you are right on course. You may need support. If it lasts longer than 40 days then get support.

4) Death happens.

Beatles break-up, Wings, widower, divorce, remarriage. Do what you love. Music. Recreate yourself. At the core you are who you are.

Permission to come back again and again.

Synthesize what works; keep honing your creative genius.

Genius never goes away.

Honor the past to create the future. Lesson: In business be willing to honor the mess of life and allow it to fuel your creative genius. Give voice to your journey. Your mess is your message.

You are called to heal and then teach from that mess- therein lies your genius.

Your soul’s work. Find your Genius remembering…

“And, in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make.”

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At this Cancer New Moon my family gathers to scatter my mother’s ashes at the Jersey shore… We are honoring Mom’s request to “take me back to the ocean; remember me in the waves crashing on the shore.” It’s a bittersweet loving journey… of coming Home.

Coming home to ME. In your birth chart the Cancer energies relate to the 4th house of home, family and roots. The lineage you came from. It can be a place full of feelings and emotions. What’s bubbling up, and wanting attention? Are the emotions within bubbling or sparking you?

We’ve had three eclipses all in a row- truth telling without blame or judgment, taking a risk and now get comfortable with the ways things are NOW (not based on your past). Saturn moved through Cancer June 2003-2005. What was happening for you in then? Saturn is in Libra asking for balance… more heart and soul. Less resistance. 😀

The Sun|Moon in Cancer in the 1st house stands there challenging Saturn in Libra (5th house/creativity). Are you waiting to feel more comfortable? First house is all about ME… “Big ME” (Earth angel) versus “little me” (the wounded one). How do you honor the sacred call of the 5th house? CREATE! with the divine spark of creative fire- the juice of life. Come Home.

You’ve been given a mission. What creative project on your plate needs attention? Revisit your vision board. Remember those intentions you planted in the spring? Saturn is asking you to balance the energies and birth it through your Intuition + Imagination + Inspiration.

Jupiter entered Taurus for the first time in 12 years. Taurus is all about the relationship of self-worth and net worth. There is a call from Jupiter to expand into something new, to see things in a new way. At the time of this lunation, Jupiter sits in the 11th house of planetary service.

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Creating. Pioneering. Power.

Which brings up your shadow issues with leading, creating, pioneering, and power. *smile*, calling you to make a decisions on where you want to be, pick up the banner and lead it.
Procrastination sucks your creative force dry…robs your vitality. So what’s been up for you over the last two weeks since the New Moon on April 3rd? Where am I stuck? Let go.
Sunday April 17th at the Libra Full Moon, let go so you can move forward. I lead, and then collaborate with others of like mind and heart…because I am willing to take a risk. Libra, ruled by Venus, is the sign of partnership and joint ventures.

As you partner with another Libra’s reflects, it’s a sacred mirror. Sit quietly a moment and tell yourself a truth. Breathe into that truth and see where and how this energy affects you. Make a note of this experience. Now get up, move around and sit down again. Tell yourself a lie . . . where did the lie hit you?  How did it affect your energy? Play with this. Begin to understand the balance of this energy and truth in your own body, and how truth communicates with you. Can you tell your truth in relationships?

Truth. This energy comes into the fifth chakra from the forces of the lower natures- 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th chakras.

Self-expression in the fifth chakra is counterpart to the sensate reception coming in through the second chakra. In the second chakra we open that allowed the world in through our senses. If this journey was negotiated [as a child] with love and compassion, the second chakra speaks to the 5th and our inner self is expressed outward to the world. -Anodea Judith.

We are not defended when we are in our truth. We are willing to merge.  Surrender. We may have been given messages as a child that no longer serves our divine Self. In Libra we meet those error messages in partnership with our sacred other.  This template is formed in childhood from patterning and programming, conscious or unconscious. We bring that template into all of our relationships for healing, growth and empowerment. Declare at the full moon what you want to create, see it, feel it, love it and then surrender it. Tell the truth.

So at this Libra Full Moon how is your partnership energy?  It’s time to clear the clutter, to connect with others of like mind and heart to move your work out into the world. A Libra Full Moon brings renewed clarity through cooperation and collaboration. Look back to see what was happening at the Libra New Moon last October? What you focused on then is here now full bloomed….

Michele Grace’s Story:
Last fall right after my mother died I took a risk and invested in the Kendall Summerhawk’s Money Breakthrough Method® coach program -a 12 week training [cleansing and healing of my money story]. Of course jumping into MBM brought up crappy old money wounds that needed my attention. Unconscious ways I was sabotaging and not stepping up to lead. The MBM journey helped me find a right relationship with the energy of money so I can support clients free themselves from debt, under earning and financial sabotage. I took a risk, with no guarantees it would work. Today I am being asked to teach, speak and partner [joint ventures]. Clearing the emotional baggage [Moon] created a new container [Capricorn] so I could lead [Aries] and then partner in healthy ways [Libra]. Can you see the flow how the Luna moves in sync…

Who am I in partnering with at the moment?
What talent and value do I bring to the relationship? Is it balanced and meeting my needs?
What part of me did I leave behind to be in relationship with you?
Is that serving or hindering my creative vision? Can I tell my truth?

If I don’t know my value and worth I’ll go wandering around looking outside of myself for the missing piece(s).  It’s your Soul loss speaking asking in relationship. . . .

Saturn is moving through Libra for the first time in 29 years. We’ve been in this Libra dance since September 2009 bringing up our issues with partnering and balance.  If you are out of sync with your emotional nature represented by the Moon then your feminine knowing went underground. The knowing may be waking up (30’s)…it may be in crisis (40’s)…it may be dang tired from fence sitting (50’s and beyond).

Uranus moving through Aries asks the divine feminine within you to step up and lead with your soul gifts; to trust and partner in new ways. Where have I lost power by giving up my intuitive knowing? How did I abdicate for someone else’s logic and reason because I couldn’t prove “I know what I know?” It’s time to forgive.

Venus rules Libra. Cooperation is required. Compromise is necessary. Change is inevitable. Venus rules beauty and harmony, the law of attraction, ruler of the Greater Mysteries representing love and compassion. She rules the love nature- of sex and passion from an ego and a soul level. She brings us the ability to imagine and vision to change things for the better.

“Ponder on the lessons of the past (Libra’s assessment) . . . Twice have you slain that which you should love.  Learn why.” (Alice Bailey, p. 128-129)

What do you still battle?

What has been slaying you in relationship for the last 29 years that now calls for love? What is seeking balance that first appeared in the early eighties? Aries is about self….Cancer  and the 4th house of the zodiac and is ruled by the Moon- “Home, your spiritual home and physical home.” Do you feel safe? What do you need in this moment to give you comfort and safety? How was your house as a child, where was your safe place? Did you live in fear or love?

Libra is about our relationship to others- siblings, parents, partners- marriage and friends. Libra represents 7th house of relationships. Marriage- at this full moon relating is highlighted.

It’s time to create and pioneer by leading the way. Your truth will set you free.

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