At the cusp of a new year, we can look back at a wildly eventful 2013, from awful to awesome. Events mostly define us by the meaning we give them, a challenging task. As I lift a symbolic cup of cheer, I thank R. Ann Rousseau for this vehicle by which we are free to express and process our collective journeys, and I thank you for joining me. In a world where free speech is a right not all enjoy, so often abused or misunderstood, may we cherish it and use responsibility, to heal, not hurt. If, “in the beginning was the Word,” language empowers us. Observe a 3-year old acquire language skills to see this in action. As a toddler learns to negotiate, reality is transformed with one word: “why” except for cultures that forbid the question, lest it threaten authoritarian rule.
Meaning is not static! It mixes quark-and-antiquark[1] so for anyone who proclaims life’s meaning as an absolute, an opposing view absolutely exists. I love that quarks have 6 ‘flavors’: up, down, strange, charm, bottom and top, with 4 intrinsic properties: electric charge, mass, color charge and spin. It seems to me that quark/antiquark theory resonates well with our ability to conceive of the core of our being, our why. In reviewing 2013, I reread my Blogs and found threads that wove a coat of meaning in my wish to connect with you. I hope my blogs gave you some support in finding your evolving why.
In 1970, I studied with the Dutch sage and genius Jo Onvlee, who conceived of Un-time, which we defined in The Gift of the Tortoise: New Insights Into the I Ching: “between perceivable quanta of time” and “the idea of time as a cyclic flow, wherein recognizable moments of compressed time-quanta are made visible as the jumps which Time makes through Un-time.”
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For 40+ years, Astrologer Amy Shapiro has nurtured soul growth with skills and services drawn on her training with Astrologer Isabel Hickey, William Swygaard, Jo Onvlee, John Chung Li and Dr. Oskar Adler. Amy was the first Clerk for NCGR and an early President of NCGR- Boston. She co-discovered a technique with Astrologer Ron Davison called The Relationship Chart or as she calls it The Conception Chart of the Relationship due to its esoteric implications.
Her TV and radio show, "Good Heavens!" won her wide acclaim with the public and her Good Heaven’s column appeared monthly in Dell Horoscope Magazine. She founded the Cape Ann School of Astrology and has been a consultant, editor and writer for Para Research, Astral Research, Cosmic Communications and Dell Horoscope. After earning her MA in Education and Psychology, she earned an M.Ed. in Counseling, and trained in stress management, T’ai Chi, meditation, visualization; reincarnation, hypnotherapy and nutrition. She has been as a Head Start Advisor, taught at Wheelock and Endicott Colleges, and trained at Harvard’s Mind-Body Institute and New England Society of Clinical Hypnosis.
Other Blog Posts by Amy: Mass Wedding Bells on 11/12/13, Ride the Wave of a Rare Grand Water Trine, Courage and Compassion … in a Song. Loss, Love and Poetry in Times of Chaos, Master of the Wheel, Energy Shifts in 2013 as Pluto dips into the Taurus Decanate of Capricorn, Birthing Pains & Rewards: Saturn Sextiles Pluto on 12/27/12 , December 2012 Astrological Forecast, 
Rousseau's Novel Romance ~ Portsmouth: A Love Story, October 2012 Astrological Forecast, Mars in Scorpio - What Legacy Compels You to Act?, A Gardener’s Dream: No Soil? No Problem! , The Mercury Wave: Retro Direct, Astrological Forecast for August 2012, This Pivotal Year ~ Uranus goes Retrograde on July 13th, 2012 A Pivotal Year, 2012 - A Pivotal Year - Coping with Changes, Whose Astrologer Are You?
Meaning is not static! It mixes quark-and-antiquark[1] so for anyone who proclaims life’s meaning as an absolute, an opposing view absolutely exists. I love that quarks have 6 ‘flavors’: up, down, strange, charm, bottom and top, with 4 intrinsic properties: electric charge, mass, color charge and spin. It seems to me that quark/antiquark theory resonates well with our ability to conceive of the core of our being, our why. In reviewing 2013, I reread my Blogs and found threads that wove a coat of meaning in my wish to connect with you. I hope my blogs gave you some support in finding your evolving why.
In 1970, I studied with the Dutch sage and genius Jo Onvlee, who conceived of Un-time, which we defined in The Gift of the Tortoise: New Insights Into the I Ching: “between perceivable quanta of time” and “the idea of time as a cyclic flow, wherein recognizable moments of compressed time-quanta are made visible as the jumps which Time makes through Un-time.”
If you leave the body, between incarnations you are in Un-Time or, as has also been called, limbo. The premise of the I Ching oracle is: ask why, and trust that the universe will drop hints about what it means. Meaning is where we find it, and often subjective, like quarks that can spin!
So what of promise and prediction? Isabel Hickey spoke of an unformed future that is formed by the choices we make today, for which we become responsible. This echoes Epigenetics, which show that lifestyle choices trigger genetic dispositions, turning genes off or on by our actions. Speaking of action, some astrologers are watching a heavenly Cardinal (action) Cross; welcome to my world! My chart has a Cardinal Cross, to which I credit learning to cope with crises at a young age. I anticipate crises and rely on instinct and foresight to prepare, to reduce the odds of things going awry. The secret of many of my accomplishments is sensing what crisis may result were I to shirk a duty, ignore my conscience or neglect to use my talents. Wanting not to hurt others drives me, more than a desire to please.
What can you do in 2014 to ensure that you can look back a year from now without regret? A year ago, my answer to that led me to complete Forces At Work: Astrology and Career and Before This Song Ends: A Timeless Romance , the latter launched at the New Moon on Dec. 2nd, favoring Higher Mind. In 2014, may the precious gift of time bless us all. The future is ours to form as we boldly follow our consciences.
Cheers!
Amy Shapiro
[1] Source: Wikipedia
So what of promise and prediction? Isabel Hickey spoke of an unformed future that is formed by the choices we make today, for which we become responsible. This echoes Epigenetics, which show that lifestyle choices trigger genetic dispositions, turning genes off or on by our actions. Speaking of action, some astrologers are watching a heavenly Cardinal (action) Cross; welcome to my world! My chart has a Cardinal Cross, to which I credit learning to cope with crises at a young age. I anticipate crises and rely on instinct and foresight to prepare, to reduce the odds of things going awry. The secret of many of my accomplishments is sensing what crisis may result were I to shirk a duty, ignore my conscience or neglect to use my talents. Wanting not to hurt others drives me, more than a desire to please.
What can you do in 2014 to ensure that you can look back a year from now without regret? A year ago, my answer to that led me to complete Forces At Work: Astrology and Career and Before This Song Ends: A Timeless Romance , the latter launched at the New Moon on Dec. 2nd, favoring Higher Mind. In 2014, may the precious gift of time bless us all. The future is ours to form as we boldly follow our consciences.
Cheers!
Amy Shapiro
[1] Source: Wikipedia
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
For 40+ years, Astrologer Amy Shapiro has nurtured soul growth with skills and services drawn on her training with Astrologer Isabel Hickey, William Swygaard, Jo Onvlee, John Chung Li and Dr. Oskar Adler. Amy was the first Clerk for NCGR and an early President of NCGR- Boston. She co-discovered a technique with Astrologer Ron Davison called The Relationship Chart or as she calls it The Conception Chart of the Relationship due to its esoteric implications.
Her TV and radio show, "Good Heavens!" won her wide acclaim with the public and her Good Heaven’s column appeared monthly in Dell Horoscope Magazine. She founded the Cape Ann School of Astrology and has been a consultant, editor and writer for Para Research, Astral Research, Cosmic Communications and Dell Horoscope. After earning her MA in Education and Psychology, she earned an M.Ed. in Counseling, and trained in stress management, T’ai Chi, meditation, visualization; reincarnation, hypnotherapy and nutrition. She has been as a Head Start Advisor, taught at Wheelock and Endicott Colleges, and trained at Harvard’s Mind-Body Institute and New England Society of Clinical Hypnosis.
She has dedicated 20+ years to The Testament of Astrology, a 7-volume course by Austrian Astrologer Dr. Oskar Adler, and has now published a comprehensive Curriculum Guide for the entire 7 volume series. She has also written and published Dr. Adler's biography called Dr. Oskar Adler: A Complete Man. Her other books include One Sex to the Other – Reincarnation and the Dual-Gender Soul, The Dis-Appointment Book –A Human Therapy Guide to Conquering Disappointments She coauthored the book Questioning the Oracle—The IChing, The Gift of the Tortoise-New Insights into the I-Ching, Never Mind, and Forces at Work: Astrology and Career, Before This Song Ends - A Timeless Romance.
With her husband, Ed Kaznocha, Amy raised two sons in Gloucester, MA, where they enjoy gardening and landscaping. She can be reached at www.NewAgeSages.comOther Blog Posts by Amy: Mass Wedding Bells on 11/12/13, Ride the Wave of a Rare Grand Water Trine, Courage and Compassion … in a Song. Loss, Love and Poetry in Times of Chaos, Master of the Wheel, Energy Shifts in 2013 as Pluto dips into the Taurus Decanate of Capricorn, Birthing Pains & Rewards: Saturn Sextiles Pluto on 12/27/12 , December 2012 Astrological Forecast, Rousseau's Novel Romance ~ Portsmouth: A Love Story, October 2012 Astrological Forecast, Mars in Scorpio - What Legacy Compels You to Act?, A Gardener’s Dream: No Soil? No Problem! , The Mercury Wave: Retro Direct, Astrological Forecast for August 2012, This Pivotal Year ~ Uranus goes Retrograde on July 13th, 2012 A Pivotal Year, 2012 - A Pivotal Year - Coping with Changes, Whose Astrologer Are You?
