Update On The Possible Financial Downturn And Releasing Fear

I meant to put this out a little sooner so that anyone who is able to can be ready for this. As with all predictions, it is not a done deal. Human error, free will and timelines all play a part. I started talking about his early on last year and now this may be coming soon, so I feel the need to warn people in advance, even if it does not come as soon as foreseen, if at all. In the time between the last post about this, I’ve been watching the market and gathering more information.     

Raymond Merriman is a financial astrologer who has been watching and reporting on future financial trends for a long time now (http://www.mmacycles.com/). His insights are given as plain language that anyone can understand, mixed with astro talk of signs and aspects. He must be doing something right, as financial analysts and investors have been ordering his reports since he began. In 2012, he put out an article attempting to predict future trends impacting us now.

Astrology is fascinating to me because it uses cycles and you can always look back in history to try to interpret what may be coming up now. It will never be exactly the same event, but the underlying issue will.    

Here is the overview: We are in the midst of great political, economic and social change signified by the 90° aspect between slow moving Pluto and Uranus. This lasts a long time as they meet, then retrograde, and then meet again. The final meeting for this aspect will be in mid-March of 2015.

Uranus in Aries prompts individual freedom, even radical and unpredictable action, along with Pluto in Capricorn, which is going to transform many old institutions if they can not (or will not) change for the betterment of society and mankind. You might say that Pluto’s action is to purge ourselves of any poisons that have subtly come into our body mind and soul, to push us into letting go of ways that are hurting us. Unfortunately many respond to this by tightening controls through fear, causing sickness or even their own demise. Pluto will always win. I’m talking personally here, as well as the global situation.  

Merriman watches Jupiter to pinpoint the actual events of the market’s high and low points. We are coming up to another low point as Jupiter has entered Leo. Jupiter runs through about one sign a year. Leo (and Aquarius) will always correspond with a market low point in a 12 year cycle, each one coming in around the 6 year mark. This will be another repeat of March 2009, March 2015 being the 6 year mark or midpoint. At the last correction, the market lost about half its strength. He predicts that a low could hit from now to mid-March 2015, or next around September of 2015, and that the consequences of that will still be around until 2020. The good thing is that with Uranus, we have the ability to create something new, even though the event itself comes as a shock.

Merriman says that the main cause of this downturn is the “debt explosion.” I believe this is true and psychics agree as well, but there is another factor which I touched on in a past blog entry about Lynn, who writes the Psychic Focus blog (http://2012vision.blogspot.com/2014_04_01_archive.html and scroll down). What she is saying is that, yes there will be a major correction, it will be bad, but sometime after that there will be a new system of currency put in to place, one ultimately based on gold. (Here is a reading from almost a year ago about this http://psychicfocus.blogspot.com/2014/04/quick-question-on-us-financial-problem.html You can search her blog for more.)

Lynn had seen that the market would indeed fall after reaching a high. She saw that this would begin around December 2014 and you would see the market decline in steps. If you were to look at a graph it would be like two steps down, one step up, repeating itself until it is at its lowest point. In addition, as a sign that things are headed down, watch prices of goods and services. When they start to spike for no reason, that is another indicator. At the time of this post, the Dow and other markets are coming down a little now from a significant high point. Lynn added that the markets are “heavily manipulated” at this time.

She goes on to say that at some point after the downturn, a move will be made to promote another fiat currency (currently the US dollar) and have it backed by gold to stabilize things. She says this will be China, who has been preparing for this for quite a while. The dollar will ultimately fall in value, maybe at worst in half. That means that your money will not be worth as much as it is today. Federal Reserve Notes (US money) are not worth that much now anyway, as the Fed has been using “quantitative easing” (printing money) to prop up the economy, but this was only forestalling the inevitable.  

During the reset, there may be an interim digital currency that is used as well. We use that type of thing all the time with credit cards. She goes on to see a sad situation here in the United States and in countries over the world that have weak currency and high debt. This is the Pluto purge and the Uranian surprise, which is not really a surprise, but has been building and been ignored until it blows up.

I’m telling you this so that you can watch for the signs and take action if you can to reinvest your funds in to something tangible, or at least to know what is happening so that you are not surprised or so you can start making plans now by talking to a professional. Silver bullion is a good investment, as Lynn (and others) have said that silver will be the thing that skyrockets. She says it is being artificially suppressed in value so that the wealthy “in the know” can take advantage of this if they want to. I don’t have a time frame on this change of currency situation, but it will be after the downturn at some point, maybe a matter of years, I don’t know at this point. Just watch for the signs in case it does happen on this timeline, in her time frame. 

I know that many have investment funds that will be hit if this downturn happens and you may not be able to get at them. It’s all right. All but the richest one-percenters will be in the same boat and we will survive this by helping each other through it. The government may not be able to help you that much, if at all. We are going to need to depend on each other.

Just as a side note, remember that currency is just an exchange of energy. Any group can get together and create their own currency of exchange, with a value that is agreed upon by all. There will also be a lot of bartering going on in the future as the financial mess takes shape.

I know this sounds scary, but do not fall into fear. Fear lowers your vibration and allows you to be influenced by outside thought forms. It’s like being hypnotized or entrained, mainly by the media on commercial TV, but also from being in contact with others who are afraid. Take action if you can, and if you can not, live your life with as much joy and positive energy as you can, taking each day as it comes. This will attract spiritual protection. I also would advise daily meditation time. When you meditate, you can lift the fear vibration and connect to you higher self. You become more objective, calm and just know that everything will work out. ( I have two CDs here with many meditation songs that can help to get you into the alpha state quickly http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/CraigHowell )

Remember that we are in a great transition in all areas of our lives. Some handle it better than others, but it is here and we are all taking this roller coaster ride. We are taking a great evolutionary leap that has been foretold for a long time. As we rise from our third dimensional mind into a more universal consciousness, we not only free ourselves from fear, but also free the earth and all humanity to rise above a level that has been accepted until now, one that has also been artificially imposed on us for a long while. Now is the time. Rise up.

Namaste’

Craig      

  

Sherri Cortland On The New Earth, Jennifer Hoffman and Denise Siegel About Truths That Will Be Revealed

Sherri Cortland gets messages through automatic writing from her guides and was in my book “2012 MESSAGES”. Her third work is coming out in July, entitled “SPIRITUAL TOOLBOX” from Ozark Mountain Publishing (Dolores Cannon’s company).

Before we proceed with information from her, I want to share an offer from her. Until May 31^st, order the book, get a signed copy and $60 worth of free gifts. There is also a guided meditation CD included with Sherri speaking and it has my meditation music in the background. To order, get more info and see reviews go here http://sherricortland.com/?page_id=705

For those who don’t know, I have been creating meditation music since 2000, what I like to call Sacred Sound music. (For info, samples and links to my music go here http://chowell.wix.com/2012vision/sacred-sound )

What’s great about Sherri and her writing (besides her amusing and entertaining style) is that she’s on a mission to get concrete information from her guides that completely answer her questions about things. As a reader it is as if you are on a journey with a friend who is asking about what you want to know.

What I wanted to focus on here was the section where she tries to understand about the great new 5D Earth, or New Earth that we were told was coming. What happened to that? Many were led to believe from many sources that we were (or are still) creating a higher dimensional Earth, that we will raise our vibratory rate and at some point will wake up in this new place.

Turns out, according to the guides, that yes, the 5D Earth has been created and would not have been had it not been for a great deal of spiritual workers here on the planet. Obviously we can’t see this because we have physical limitations. This may be disappointing to some, but it seems we will stay in our bodies until we pass, THEN proceed to the 5D Earth, if our soul needs to or wants to. Bummer. However, there is still the potential for a kinder, gentler, less chaotic and dramatic 3D Earth to live on. So that’s something to look forward to.          

One of her guides says that what we’ve done is a “monumental, universal, galactic achievement. But you still have these perfectly good 3D bodies, and there’s still work to be done on 3D Earth. What’s important now is to continue to make the most of this present incarnation.”

As for a mass transition, they say “…we can’t have hundreds of thousands of people simply disappear from the face of 3D Earth. There cannot be a gaping hole in the carefully laid life plans of millions of people, and that’s what would happen if concentrating on the here and now is what will benefit them, the human race, and the planet the most at this time.”

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I like Jennifer Hoffman’s prolific writings, including daily posts on Facebook, monthly energy updates and her Blogtalk Radio show every Wednesday (where, by the way, you can get a free one question reading). She was also featured in my book. You can find links to all her writings and activities here http://www.enlighteninglife.com/ 

There are a couple of things I want to relate from her. One is about the escalating violence like the Boston marathon explosions and seemingly random senseless shootings. She believes that there is more to these events than meets the eye, that these have been manufactured to provoke fear among us (including the financial/housing crisis), because when you are in fear, you are sucked into the depths of the 3^rd dimension and are easily controlled by that fear. She says that she wants to believe in the best and knows everything will work out in the end, but she can not ignore what she is feeling and sensing, what she knows to be the truth, even if it is hard for people to believe.

Just a note: This is approaching what people might call “conspiracy” type thinking. There will always be negative people doing “bad” things, trying to control others through any means possible, and this time on Earth is no exception. It is good to be aware of this and to question what we are told by anyone, but I don’t like to dwell on this. We manifest what we focus on, so the best thing is to be able to watch what is happening while staying out of fear or becoming too emotionally involved, yet maintaining compassion always for those suffering.    

Here’s part of a post from Jennifer: “I was reminded of something I wrote in the 2013 predictions, that this kind of activity would intensify because 2013 is the year of truth... it is one of the themes. And in May, truths that have long been hidden from us would begin to be revealed. This revelation will not come easily, nor will it be easy to understand, but we have to know what we have been dealing with and it will be at all levels and with entities -- both private and public -- that we cannot imagine.”

She also named three more areas that will be the center of this type of activity by mid-May. These would be St Louis, Chicago and Louisiana. I don’t know if the first two have happened, but they just had the Mothers Day shootings in New Orleans.     

In addition to uncovering hidden truths, she believes that “…disclosure is upon us now… many facts about the presence of ETs and other off-earth life will be revealed soon, to the point where they can no longer be denied, I think as early as next month.”

ET phone home --  I’ll pick up. I would really like to see this happen in one way, but in another I can see people loading up their guns when the visitors show up. Is the Earth really ready for this? We can’t even get along with all the different races and cultures right here much less from out there.

One more thing, while doing some surfing I found this video interview of a CIA official giving his last testimony about what he has experienced over the years, including seeing off-world craft and alien life forms. http://www.openminds.tv/deathbed-testimony-about-ufos-given-by-former-cia-official-video-1002/

I just want to be clear that this is not Jennifer’s primary interest at all. She mainly deals with personal empowerment, instructing people through her readings on how to use their spiritual energy to manifest the life they want. It just happens that she also is a seeker of truth and when Spirit gives her the truth, she feels that it is important to pass that along to us and let us decide what to think about this information.

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I initially ran across psychic Denise Siegel a long time ago and was impressed with her insights and accuracy. I’ve been following her blog, Astrology and Psychic Prediction and in her latest posts she is talking about feeling something big coming for the USA. This is related to the Uranus/Pluto square that we have been under since about 2008 (until about 2016) and which is calling for the awakening of man in the form of freedom of outer control and the regaining personal power. With this aspect it doesn’t always go smoothly, as in the Arab Spring uprisings.

Denise is concerned that the USA will be getting a big wake up call which she sees as coming from now until June, but I see this as extending even until July/August, as there is a massive gang up of planets around us that are pushing against the planets in the USA chart. These are slow moving planets and represent great shifts in consciousness.

According to her the wake up call will be in the form of the revealing of truths about how the common people have been manipulated, oppressed and used by those with power and money, mainly since the 80s (although there has always been this negative element within all human structures): 

“…The mission of turning our empire into a corporate plutocracy where the wealthy are protected and there is no longer a ladder for the middle-class and poor to move upwards will be seen in stark effect… We will see and feel first hand the sweeping changes that have been being made in secret …to block the will of the people… The good news is the veil will be lifted and people will be able to tell the lies from reality. We may take a big hit, but it will unify people and eventually shift us to a more compassionate view, raising our consciousness to a new level.”

She has a lot to say about these inequalities and how things may proceed into the future. In fact she has so much more to say, I’m going to have to continue with her next post and go more in-depth. In the meantime you can read prior posts at her site starting here with her last post and roll backwards http://astrologyandpsychicpredictions.wordpress.com/2013/04/16/  or just explore randomly as you wish.

Namaste’

Craig

Signs In The Skies

As an astrologer I have always looked to signs and cycles as symbols of energetic patterns and portents of events, not unlike the ancients. Coming up we have a significant solar eclipse and New Moon on May 20th / 21^st, bracketed by a lunar eclipse on June 4^th. The Moon will not totally eclipse the Sun, but will leave a little ring of fire around it (Hmmm…ring of fire…) Eclipses happen once a year, but this one has more energy packed into it and may be nothing short of the initiation of great change in world consciousness and bringing with it powerful energetic downloads that release the past and speed you on your way to a better future.   

Eclipses are about a change or a shift, and the energy they bring can be in effect for several months or even years after the event. Solar eclipses are where the Moon, or the feminine and creative overshadow the Sun, the male energy. They indicate a crisis point where there is a new beginning or a final ending from which there is no return.

According to Gillian MacBeth-Louthan, a psychic channel, when this happens this year, it will mark “the point of no return” as we proceed to December 2012. (See the full article here http://spiritlibrary.com/gillian-macbeth-louthan/solar-annular-eclipse-20th-may-2012) I think what she is saying is that it is important what you are visualizing at this time, as it will have a stronger effect on what will manifest in late 2012. It may also mean that we will only be going forward from then on; no more backtracking, dredging up old solutions for old issues or problems. I will tell you, I’ve noticed that people seem to reject any ideas that are just replays of the past. They want new solutions. They are not being swayed by any kind of propaganda and see right through it.

The other thing she said was that it was about release of old patterns, specifically the release of the hold of the male patriarchy. This has been coming on for a while. In 2000 when I wrote a book with Kwan Yin channel Sucheta (Marjorie Muscacchio http://www.mykwanyin.com/ ), Kwan Yin did state to get ready because the matriarchy, or strong feminine energy is returning. Females will be stronger, more forceful. Males will incorporate more heart-centered energy. The two are combining to form a more balanced human being. In addition, we are in a time that mirrors the political and social unrest of the ‘60s where if you recall, women were becoming more independent and pushing against any controls over their rights.   

The point that will be right under the eclipse at the middle of the event is a little island called “Adak” in Alaska. It is situated at the tail end of the Aleutian Island chain, practically midpoint between Alaska and Korea out in the North Pacific. Adak is from the Aleutian word “adaq” which means “father”. (More confirmation of the release of the male patriarchy?)

It is said that the area where an eclipse is visible will represent the unfolding of the message and energy. In this case, it is the Pacific, Asian and West Coast of America that will see it. My first thought is “ring of fire” and earth changes, but that could be me just going for the obvious. Hopefully this will help release old energies of grief from World War II and the nuclear bombing in the Pacific in a more calm way than the shifting of tectonic plates or volcanic action. Because this eclipse is in Gemini, I don’t foresee an earth change event, but more of a societal event, or one involving humans, relationships, communication and exchange of ideas involving our daily concerns. This may be a time where we can learn something from someone or pass just the right information at the right time, or acquire new tools to help our spiritual growth.   

This will also involves the Pleiadies, which features heavily in many indigenous people (including the Mayans) who see themselves as direct descendents of the beings from that star cluster containing seven suns. Native Americans call the Pleiadies the “Rattlesnake”.

There is supposedly a Native American prophecy called “The Rattlesnake Prophecy” which talks about 2012 as being significant as a period of “Time Untime”. I haven’t found any good explanation about the “time/untime”, but it sounds like they are talking about the release of the constraints of time or some sort of inter-dimensional effect where we are able to transcend time/space. We already are creating new timelines now every day, every decision we make, but I believe they definitely are saying that we are in a new reality now.

In this prophecy, the rattlesnake gains feathers, reminding me of the Mayan feathered serpent, Kukulkan and the Aztec’s version, Quetzalcoatl, who was said to be from the Pleiadies and who is said to be returning with the sacred knowledge now. (I have been taught that this being was actually similar to Jesus or Buddha, both of whom manifested the Christ principle on Earth at different times)  Again, the snake or the serpent shows up. (We are in the Chinese “Year of the Dragon”, too.)

In my book “2012 Messages” I talk a little about this symbolism that is so prevalent and that relates heavily to 2012 prophecies. In addition, the line of influence of the eclipse intersects the “Male Dragon” ley line, or energy line, a part of the Earth grid, which snakes its way across the Earth in an undulating line. The mid-point is Adak Island (“Father” Island, as interpreted).

In addition to all this, Venus will be seen as a little black spec crossing the face of the Sun on the 5^th and 6^th of June right after the lunar eclipse of the 4^th. This is a pretty rare phenomenon (about every 100 years). But Venus is also conjoining with Jupiter in the star system of the Pleiadies.  

Venus and Jupiter are two of the most fortunate planets and have been together since March creating a single shining star in the west. They are still together, as Venus is seemingly going backwards in retrograde and Jupiter is going forward, and they will meet exactly around the last two weeks of June. I’m hoping that this is a good omen. We could all use a little good news. This would be in the area of finance or relationships as Venus rules what we value and Jupiter adds “more” to it. Because Venus is retrograde until June 27^th and in keeping with the eclipses, the energy in May and June will be about releasing (or being forced to release) relationships that have no value now and for knowing what really gives you satisfaction. You may even have to experience some kind of financial setback to help you to understand what is really important. The object is to learn from this and not see it as a roadblock, but a sign post for your future. And the future is actually being created by whatever you are putting energy in to right now.

Pamela Shelly (http://www.pamelashelly.com/) is a Pleaidian channel that gave some information about 2012 in my book. Recently she emailed me saying she kept seeing and hearing about “dragons” so much that she wondered what it was about. “For over 2 weeks I had dragons show up in my life every day and sometimes several times a day. After connecting the dots I realized I am to call on the powerful dragon energies when I facilitate the Sacred Ceremony at Mt. Shasta on June 5^th anchoring their energies along with the Hathor energies into the ley lines and planetary grids.”  She is doing a seminar at Mt Shasta in California from May 31 to June 8^th, and will be doing Sound Healing a well as working with the earth energy grid. See her site for details. She also has a new video featuring some of my meditation music, check it out here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWzJmYBzYOI

Pamela says in a channeled statement about the eclipses that this “…has much more significance than humanity realizes. Some of you have parts or pieces of the puzzle and we will assist in an overall understanding. This will be a powerful cleansing and releasing of old patterns and the emotional debris you have carried with you for millennia…” And further, “This will be felt on an emotional level and many on the planet will have no idea of this purging. Many will find themselves feeling angry, depressed and anxious and may act erratic.”

She says a lot of this is bringing up and releasing portions of any negative experiences in Atlantis of “fear of causing harm again or being harmed” in order for us to be able to use our power wisely this time. This may bring up some karmic creations to be faced and cleared. She also confirms what I was talking about as this being a balancing action between male and female as “the former dominating male patriarchal energies and influence will no longer be tolerated without the heart connection. The female and male energies must come into balance.”

My advice to you is to observe this time quietly and see what develops, knowing that whatever happens is just one more step in a process that never ends. Now is a time when we can reach a plateau of consciousness from which we can ride out any difficulties down the line, seeing things from a larger perspective and with more self-awareness and compassion.

Namaste’

Craig