On June 20th, I started talking about a Shift we were approaching, and then again on July 6th. This Shift is like the one we underwent in December of 2012, but bigger or stronger (neither word is completely accurate).  Like December, though, this is a paradigm shift. Every time we have one, from now on, the jump will be a little higher than the last, which means we’ll feel it more. We’ve really been having these since 1987, but it wasn’t until recently that they were so loud that we couldn’t really ignore them. This one is lasting from 7/17-22 (ie:now).

A recap of some of the advice I’ve been offering:

• Do practice self care. Make sure you’re getting enough sleep, the right foods, staying away from toxins, exercising appropriately, drinking enough water. Focus on your foundations, physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual. Make sure you’re doing a daily practice. Whenever you think about it, take a deep, full breath, both in and out; a lot of us are processing heart chakra issues right now, and breathing may not be our strong suit.
• When possible, opt for finding the humor in any given situation. That will keep your energy light, and you’ll have a better chance of floating on top of the muck. It may also keep you from sinking into depression or flying off the handle. Treat everything as the cosmic joke that it is. Don’t let your negative ego trick you into taking any of this too seriously, even if it feels like a survival issue. It’s really not. I promise.
• Doing this exercise on a daily basis:
  Reach up, in the beginning of a sun salutation, and grasp the energy of the Sun, pulling it down into your heart.
  Reach up again and grasp the energy of the moon, pulling it down into your second chakra (the area behind the belly button). Let it roll around there for a few moments, and then continue the energy down into the earth.
  Reach up a third time and grasp the energy of the center of the Milky Way, pulling it down into your heart.
  In the last few days, Spirit has asked me to add a fourth salutation, in which I grasp the energy of Sirius, and bring it down into my heart as well.

As we have moved into the Shift, I have been offering daily advice on my Facebook Page (and also in my emailed daily message):

• Day One: It is important to focus, for the next five days, on the world you want to live in. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if everyone was aware of their privileges, what ever those might be, and acted in compassion? Wouldn’t it be amazing if everyone treated each other equally? Wouldn’t it be perfect if we all acted from a place of connection, with nature, with each other, and within ourselves?
• Day Two: I focus myself today in gratitude. The more I find for which I can be grateful, the more I increase the blessings in my life. It is important that I not just find things to be grateful for outside of myself; I must acknowledge those blessings that exist within. What are my strengths? What are my talents? What do I bring to the table? In doing this, I honor myself and raise my vibration to meet the new reality.
• Day Three: Today, I will listen to my body by being present to it. I will honor what it tells me by not “pushing through” and, instead, giving it what it needs – food, water, stretching, a walk, lying down for 15 minutes… I feel guided to increase the frequency with which I do the Sun-Moon-MilkyWay-Sirius Salutation exercise – at least 3 times a day now, to align my own energy with the shift. And I will strive to keep my attention removed from the alarmist press, and focused on things that foster community.

From the glimpses of the news I have been getting, things are definitely changing, and it’s spooky if I let myself get drawn into it. So I refocus, constantly, on what’s right in front of me, on the world in which I want to live, on the ideas of community and compassion. I recommend you do the same.

I suspect tomorrow will be the strongest day of the cycle. It’s is the actual midway point, the peak. It is also the day that Mercury goes direct, and the last day of a triple pyramid grand water trine pattern that hasn’t been seen since the 928 BCE, when there was a major politic shift after the death of King Solomon.

The Shift is culminating with the Full Moon on Monday the 22nd (just past noon on the west coast of the US). Pat from Real Astrologers made an interesting point: “…Perhaps it’s no surprise that as humanity wakes up, the trauma in the collective unconscious is unleashed in the world and manifests as unspeakable acts of violence.” Your job, as someone who seeks to be aware and carry light, is to shake off the grogginess and drop anchor on Monday. Hold the space, as firmly as you can, of those values you wish to see out in the world, no matter what. Are you seeking to foster community, compassion, love? Embody those things. Do nothing that does not come from that place. That is not to say that you shouldn’t take care of business and live your live; it means you should do every action in such a way as to foster and hold the energies you want to see and receive back in your world. Own your destiny by being your destiny. What do you want your new paradigm to be like? Be that.

Blessings.