The main theme for December is ACTIVATION.

This is a robust and forward moving energy that is very masculine in nature. What gets activated this month will depend on what needs to be activated for each individual. Some things that get activated will be ideas, projects and directions that have been gestating for a while, awaiting their right timing or perhaps the ignition spark to activate them. Some of what may be activated will be old energies from the past, old wounds that need to be healed, memories of encounters that are incomplete in their karmic exchange, or emotions of the present that need to be explored and heard. Whatever gets activated for you is what you will need to pay attention to and not put off for another time. The time is now and the influences of the month support not only Activation, but also a tremendous movement forward, almost like a leap. To take advantage of this you have to be ready for it and paying attention. You cannot be engaged in activities that are a waste of time, obsessing about the past or worrying about the future. There has never been a better time to practice being completely present and noticing what is being activated right in the now.

One of the sub-themes is Change. Whenever something gets activated and moves ahead, the relationship it has with everything around it changes, sometimes suddenly. This could be a very positive thing or it could be a challenging experience. When sudden change occurs to you because someone or something has been activated to move quickly in a different direction that you expect, then it can be a challenge to adjust to that change. The same thing is true for those around you that may be experiencing the fallout of something activating in you that causes you to change course suddenly. Perhaps you have been thinking about or putting some attention on a direction in your life that you always dreamed of manifesting. Suddenly you have the opportunity to do it, however it will require you to leave your present job and maybe even some important relationships and maybe even the place you have called home for many years. This is the kind of sudden change we are talking about that you can manifest if you are ready for it. Even if you are not ready for it, it may happen anyway. The universe is moving forward on your intentions in a very accelerated way so you better know exactly what you want or you could get something that you don't want or that you wanted five years ago but now you are a different person and your desires have changed.

It is a good idea to revisit your goals and intentions this month as they could easily become activated and move ahead in surprising ways. Surprise is another sub-theme and area that can be either positive or negative in your perception. When you were a child and were told you would receive a surprise, your perception of that would have usually been one of positive excitement and anticipation. Now when you hear of surprise, you either brace yourself for some unpleasantness or you skeptically hold it at arm's length, half anticipating something hopefully not too vile. Where have our inspiration, excitement and positive imagination gone? Your task this month is to turn this negative imprint of surprise into a positive one. You will be tested many times and you have to keep telling the universe that what you really want are surprises that are positive and magical and that bring unexpected and wonderful things. If you get the ones that are challenging, face them with humor, acceptance and a problem-solving attitude. It is not useful to get mired in regrets, anger, blame or obsession about what you may have done to avoid this particular surprise. What is useful is to follow the thread of where the surprise is eventually leading you and to be proactive with your process of problem solving and moving forward. Every event will lead to another and then another and then another. Pay attention to the synchronicity of things this month and be inspired by the perfection of the massive puzzle the universe is putting together.

Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the month is what we are calling the "Shifting sands". This relates to the veil between parallels being very thin at this time in history and causing perceptions of reality to become elastic and flexible. The very assemblage point that has kept a certain collective reality recreating itself is now lubricated with the destabilization of the last month and is now able to slide in and out of parallels and different realities. One of the effects of this phenomenon is the sudden change of how the same events and experiences are remembered differently by different individuals. What is not useful is to try to convince others to see things your way by arguing or being stubborn about your set of facts. It is also not useful to need to be right so watch the arrogance as it tries to control the agreement of others. Here is where those in dominance or needing to control may be challenged this month. What is useful is to be in acceptance as an observer and to adopt the attitude that reality is never what it seems and can be different things to different people.

What is true is that these times are demanding that we consciously allow the veil between physical reality and the astral dream state thin to the point where we no longer can tell the difference between our dreams and reality even where we seem to be awake. In this way we practice having a foot in both worlds and moving back and forth between the two. If you exercise your imagination and stretch your perception of what is possible, what is true, what is real and what is not, you will open yourself up to the possibilities of magical surprises and the activation of things you never thought possible. All you have to do is learn to ride the shifting sands by questioning all of your reactions and perceptions. Notice how you tend to be more concrete about the reality of the ideas or situations that you are attached to and that the false personality has some investment in. Make a practice of saying to yourself; "This could be different than it seems. I am going to allow for it to be very different than it seems to me right now. I am willing for things to be very different than what they seem." In this way you allow for the shifting sands to be an ally rather than an agent of instability threatening to dissolve the precarious foundation of your seemingly stable life.

Everything this month is accelerated. This is definitely the time to go for it, to do it now, to stop procrastinating and to follow your intuition because your rational mind will be too slow to process all that is activated. Pay attention to the things that will surface from your past. If you suddenly have a bizarre memory of someone you met briefly while traveling 30 years ago, you may have some little piece of unfinished business from that time that is threatening to be filed away in your karmic bank. Perhaps all it needs is a little recognition and gratitude for something that person did for you or perhaps you made a decision that the person needs to owe you something for the way they treated you poorly. Whatever the unfinished business, you have the opportunity this month for deep recapitulation of your past that will free you to move to another reality. The bottom line is that stuff is definitely activated and it is important to acknowledge your triggers as being connected to old patterns, old karma and old wounds. It is never useful to suffer or to blame. It is however useful to intend things to be different and to ask for resolution. Look ahead, look forward, anticipate change and accept and allow what comes.

We are moving into a time when the ability to move in and out of different realities will become crucial to our need to re invent ourselves and re frame the way we perceive the world. The challenges this month include feeling completely overwhelmed with the accelerated level of movement of all that has been activated. Prioritizing the important things will be necessary for your own sanity. The priorities may not always be what you think they should be. Follow your intuition in prioritizing and you may find that a priority is something you could have easily overlooked had you been following only your mental perception. Some of the priorities may in fact be generated by some of the old patterns or memories that are activated and triggered by the alignment this month. The dishes can wait. This is your best opportunity for the bigger stuff. The dishes will still be there in the morning but your deep sense of purpose and inspiration to follow some message from spirit to call a relative you haven't spoken with for many years may not be. So prioritize not according to how your mind has been programmed to keep order but to what your intuitive heart is following to establish its own right order.

Magic, mystery, imagination, determination, expecting the unexpected, allowing miracles, embracing all that gets activated and being exhilarated at the synchronicity and the wisdom of the universe will help to stretch you creatively to live outside the box. You have the opportunity to realize the reality of many ideas and projects now activated and ready to burst into manifestation. Trust the process. If it's different, it's good.

Some things you could experience:

A rich dream life full of encounters with people from the past, people you don't know but seem familiar and people in the present.

A feeling in your gut that feels like dread or fear but we are suggesting you shift your perception of it slightly to feel like excitement and anticipation of something wonderful about to happen.

People from your past resurfacing all of a sudden needing to communicate or to connect.

Thinking about people or events of the past, memories surfacing from way back in childhood of events that may need some recapitulation.

Being grumpy and agitated when your stuff is activated; others being grumpy and stubborn when their stuff is activated. Use the moving center; take a break, go out and walk. Stay out of judgment, blame, regret, disappointment and stubbornness.

Lots of magic and miracles and things happening in ways you could never have imagined. You just need to know exactly what you want, set an intention and then give it over to spirit as a mystery and get out of the way. You also have to be willing and ready when what you want comes urgently knocking. If you don't know exactly what you want, start with what you don't want and be very certain about that. Spirit will then fill in the blanks.

Too many things falling on your plate at the same time with no ability to get it all done. This is where you prioritize. Ask what is an obligation as opposed to a responsibility as opposed to something for you. Obligations are usually for someone else and it is OK to say no. (like doing the dishes or keeping a social obligation) Responsibilities are things you will need to get done because you signed up for them. (Caring for children, writing the forecast, going to work, and doing the shopping). Things that come up that will increase your own well being, joy and happiness are worth putting at the top of the list (spiritual practice, making time for an old friend, taking a walk, getting a massage).

It is so important this month to stay out of the frenzy of obligation. Look at your patterns and habits of how you have done things in years past and do it differently. There will always be something that can wait until tomorrow and something that really can't. And there will always be something that you can eliminate because it is not important. Pay attention to the things that come easily and are dealt with easily. They are being activated for a reason. Also pay attention to the things that are cracking open, falling apart, breaking down and literally giving up the ghost. This is being activated also for a reason. Pay attention and keep moving forward. Don't look back.

What is not useful:

Needing to be right. Arguing about what the truth is. Trying to get others to see it your way.

Being stubborn about how you think things should be or go.

Re hashing the past with judgment, regret or blame. If you visit the past, do it from a place of recapitulation, acceptance and forgiveness and let it go.

Judging yourself for feeling chaotic spaced out and overwhelmed. Welcome to December, enjoy the time warps, be a little nuts.

Trying to control the timing of things and the schedule of your lists. If you are a control freak, you could be in deep trouble this month as we move into a creative cycle of re-inventing everything. Be flexible. Rigidity is never a good idea. Be willing to change plans and to give something up for something better. Trust spirit and stay out of disappointment and attachment.

Living in the past. Not useful. Be present or you will miss something important right in front of your nose.

Dreading the future. Be excited instead, Meet it head on.

Ambivalence and inability to decide and to choose. This will only lead to depression, anxiety and lethargy. During this month no choice is a bad one. If it is wrong you will know it almost immediately and can make another one. Watch for synchronicity and make your choices from the place of what is showing up easily and right in front of you. Go for change, go for action.

Hiding. Get out and go, be with others, follow the thread of what is connecting you with your community and those that you need to connect with. Say yes to what is showing up as long as it does not overwhelm you under the yolk of obligation.

Personal Growth and Well Being

There is a great opportunity for personal growth if you deal with the stuff that is activated. When your old patterns are triggered don't resist them or try and push them away. Also be careful about projecting them onto others. Take full responsibility for what's up and, with a true desire to work through it, ask spirit for help. For many of you this stuff from your unconscious will simply surface, feel yucky for a day or two and then is gone. Others of you may need a little help to process it out. Whatever it takes, don't miss the opportunity to dredge the old out once and for all. To the extent you have unfinished or undigested issues, you are not free to move to the next level. The chains of the fear patterns developed in childhood or brought from other lifetimes that keep you imprisoned in your false personality need to be loosened so that you can move ahead in your evolution. We have the opportunity now to make a leap in consciousness and the only anchors left keeping you down are your attachments and your fear patterns. So whether it is Martyrdom, Impatience, Self-Destruction, Greed, Arrogance, Self-Deprecation or Stubbornness, have a serious talk with it, forgive and let go. Your well being this month will depend on your ability to be vulnerable in this area of healing old wounds. Resistance is futile and hiding does not work. There is lots of help and this is the time. Do it now. Keep up your spiritual practices, they will help.

Relationships

People could get grumpy with each other. Watch your irritation and watch projection. Watch out for blame and judgment. Since relationships are our biggest source of lessons and karma, they always figure prominently into any time frame as a container for learning. With the activation theme many relationships will be activated. People will move rapidly and powerfully either towards each other or away from each other. Look for sudden changes in relationship structures; separations, commitments, new partnerships, sudden alliances, unexpected support or unexpected severances. If you look closely the unexpected should really have been expected since the activation is usually the final ignition in a process that may have been happening for a while. Pay attention to where you may be in denial about certain relationships. This is a great month to give gratitude and to communicate your appreciation for the people you have in your life. Remember that if spirit removes something from your life it is for a reason and a purpose, usually making room for something better. It will be up to you to ask for the something better and then to be willing to accept it when it is manifest.

Projects, Partnerships, Business, Finance

Projects could take off especially those that have been gestating for a while waiting for that spark of ignition. You may need to relinquish control of something you may have been holding too close to yourself in order to allow it to expand and move ahead. Revisit your motivation behind your business or work goals and make sure it is aligned with essence and spirit. Finances are all over the map this month depending on many factors. If you need funding for something that is really ready to move ahead and becomes activated in an almost magical way, funding will be there almost as if by magic. However if you still have lessons to learn about your attachments, you may experience challenges in this area. Bottom line is that if there is no support for something this month, it probably is not right. So look in a different direction, be creative and resourceful. Where one door closes another always opens and this is the attitude you need to take this month. It is not useful to look for something in the same place you never found it in the past. Something needs to be different. Look for sudden change and the shifting sands as applied to this area of business and finances and projects. Keep questioning, keep an open mind and heart. It is all good and there are no mistakes. If people suddenly come into your life to support you, accept the gift. If people suddenly sever themselves from you, take it as a necessary pruning that will make room for something better. Pay attention to what is in front of you and be present so that you can notice and make choices.

Climate, Weather and the Environment

The climate is activated in weird and mysterious ways. Unusual patterns are the norm. Dramatic and unexpected and sudden weather phenomena may occur at unusual times. Expect the unexpected and you will be fine. Be flexible as always in travel plans and watch for the time warp experiences. Double and triple check your schedules and times of flights and other transportation.  It is important to enjoy and to be entertained by the weather whatever it may be. This is way easier than being angry or resentful or wishing it was different.  Find something to appreciate about the power of the weather and climate and move into a relationship with it rather than seeing it as something to resist, fear or worry about. Because the times are very activated and the energy is masculine, this will be reflected in the weather through wind and possibly fire. If you are practicing being present, you will always be prepared.

Personal Health and Well-Being

Use the moving center and get plenty of exercise. Support the elimination organs especially the kidneys, liver and the lymph system. Get massage or bodywork to support the release of patterns in the body. Watch for bones, jaw, hips and joints to be affected this month. Increase your calcium intake. Pay attention to your emotional health as well. Take responsibility for what you put into your body and don't just go on automatic.

Old wounds of the physical body will also be activated this month. You may find yourself feeling old aches and pains from past injuries. Talk to the area, use forgiveness and pay attention to what you can do to give it love and attention. Always keep in mind that the goal is to have things be different. Expect miracles and look for positive sudden change. The body is often the last to know that something is different. As the assemblage point of your perceived reality begins to shift its position, the body may react with resistance, coming up with mystery symptoms and aches and pains in unusual places. Know that this is temporary. Love it and be compassionate and go dancing anyway.

Politics and Global Issues

Look for sudden change, reversal in loyalties, activation and acceleration of aggression or peace strategies. Surprises, shifting sands, discrepancies in truth and facts, support from unexpected sources. Question everything and take the stand that nothing is at it seems. Changes in our perception will have a lasting effect on what happens globally but this will take awhile to manifest. Meanwhile it is all going as it should and there is really nothing to fix. The universe is aligning the leap of consciousness in a perfect way keeping in mind all the karmic connections and balances that have to be considered. All you have to do is pay attention to your own back yard and to do your own work. Each of you is like a very heavy stone that has a huge ripple effect in the global pond, affecting the whole planet and all of your relations.

Important dates:

December 1-7: Put your seatbelts on and stay focused. This is a very full and activated time. Say yes to social opportunities, anything fun or prosperous, say no to old tired and unimportant perceived obligations. Be inspired by the energy. Face your activated "stuff" with humor and be willing to look like a fool. Expect magic, revisit your goals and know what you want. Put it out there! Absorb the chi that comes with this time. You will have plenty of energy to do everything you need to. Prioritize when things get crazy. Have fun, go for change!

December 2: Full Moon at 12:30 AM Mountain Standard Time. There are all kinds of support for movement and action and its all systems go. Look at what is being activated right at this time. Pay attention to what is in your face and right in front of you. Decide with certainty about what it is that you really want. This moon will fill that desire and activate it so be careful what you ask for.

In a dream the other night people were losing their wallets with all their identification Know where your wallets are. Take all your ID's out and smudge or smoke them, put them under crystals, upgrade them, renew them if needed. It is also a good day to wear something you have never worn before or to go and shop at a store where you never shop. Be different.

December 8-15: Watch for the "stuff being up". After the first week of manifesting and doing and expanding and changing, we are now in an adjustment period where you may feel the restrictive chains of your false personality trying to tighten and anchor you into all those nasty habits of regret, disappointment, resentment, etc. Use a lot of forgiveness, compassion and acceptance. This is temporary. This is not you. This is the false personality terrified of change. This is a good time to make your separations from other people's stuff as well as to keep up your practices with determination and discipline. If you do, you will be rewarded with breakthroughs and magical surprises. If during this time you receive negative surprises, don't get too focused on them being a permanent state of affairs, but rather move on, be proactive in your problem solving and trust in spirit.

December 16: New Moon at 5:02 AM Mountain Standard Time. A great time to revisit your priorities, connect with someone from the past, take some time for yourself, say no to some unimportant obligations and clean your house. Pay attention to the details of your environment and take care of things that need doing. This is almost like a reset button for the energy of the times. As you have experienced the assemblage point creating chaos and time warps and weird perceptions and active dreamscapes, you can now bring everything to a still point of peace and quiet before it starts up again.

December 17-21: Lots of activity during this time and a lot of "stuff is up". Surprises and unexpected situations are occurring almost randomly except you know there is a reason behind everything. Pay attention to what is falling apart and help it along a bit so that you can release deeply at the solstice time that which has been eliminated from your life. Beware of Stubbornness and of Martyrdom. Holding on is useless. Blaming is useless. Be excited instead for all the new opportunities around the bend. There is a creative energy that is moving in and claiming its place in your daily routine. Continue looking for what is different and embracing change.

December 21: Winter Solstice at 10:47 AM Mountain Standard Time. This is an important solstice and a time to do something in community towards change. This is a time when something very important to you can become activated through the support of others and through something completely unexpected. The energy settles a bit during this time so that you can actually see how you have manifested the right order of things. Take some time to be grateful and to celebrate life and all that you have.

December 22-31: A quieter energy of sorting, paying attention to details, continuing to deal with old stuff that is up, but always still moving towards change and being different. Stay balanced between responsibilities and personal things that inspire you. Begin a new project or a new study or sign up for a dance class. Put energy into those things that have been activated and ignited during the first part of the month. It is important to keep the momentum up. Pay attention to those that are still coming into you life and to what is manifesting in front of you on a daily basis. Pay attention to your relationships and give them some quality time.

December 31: Full Moon (Blue Moon) at 12:13 PM Mountain Standard Time with a partial lunar eclipse at 11:54AM MST. This is the second full moon of the month and significant in that it can anchor your goals, desires, changes and intentions. It can bring great abundance and prosperity. This is an important time not to fall asleep into old patterns but rather to take the day and be proactive with your focus on the things that you want. Do some strong meditative or shamanic practices during this time. They will be potent in their influence.

Have a wonderful month,

Blessings,

Lena