August 2018 Dragonspeak

We are about to hit the mid-summer mark (in the northern hemisphere). Days are still long, and there is a lot of light. On a metaphorical level, this gives us an opportunity to really see what is happening in our own lives and in the world.

Let’s be clear, we are in a period of difficult transition and there are few signposts to show us the way to the truth. In fact, truth is being assaulted on a daily basis so that it is hard to know what is what.

There is a toxic level of lying, anger, violence, lack of integrity, and manipulation and, like a physical virus, it is infecting the world. The vitriol is becoming so strong it feels like acid on metal, eating away all that we once held sacred. Truth and democracy are already feeling the physical assault. People are demoralized, exhausted and confused. This assault is circling the globe and infecting all of humanity.

We are sitting in the end of one cycle and the beginning of a new cycle. And during this time of transition, we find ourselves in a time of dislocation and fear because the new is only beginning to form. “What doesn’t kill you only makes you stronger.” Unfortunately, we are in the “killing” cycle of the change. How do we believe that the “killing” will lead to new growth? How do we trust this cycle of nature? And most importantly, how do we hold on?

Currently, there are 5 planets in retrograde. Retrograde means that it is a time for us to review, reflect, renew, re-evaluate and go inside to discover again what we truly value. It is time to see what no longer works in our lives and let it go. This could mean, relationships, belief systems, attitudes, prejudices and images of the “glorious” past that we want to bring back.

It is so easy to get caught up in the maelstrom and to question our own values. Can we find the essence of what we value and hold fast to it? This essence becomes the seeds of new growth in our lives and in the world. When seeds are in the ground, until they germinate, we don’t see any new growth.

So this summer, we exhort you to go inward and take a good look at your life and determine what needs to stay and what needs to go. The seeds that you keep need to be planted and nurtured. This is how positive change happens. It will happen from the ground up.

This is a time to trust and believe in what your heart knows is the truth. This is the source of the birth of a new world.