Psychic Insights For 2008

2008
Writing about 2008 was a lesson in discernment, there are so many conflicting developments…it’s like our whole world starts tilting. Discernment is a good talent to develop in 2008, or one could drown in the details of everyone else’s life, not to mention the twisting fates of whole countries and the environment. Terror and violence, scandals and revelation--whatever crazy thing happens, don’t forget to pencil into your schedule, rest and relaxation, things you enjoy, and that are truly refreshing. The key to inner peace is to set your own pace.

“Everybody gets theirs.” sums up the possibly heavenly or possibly hellish human experience in 2008. For good and for bad, many things come true now. In its positive aspect, if you’ve been working hard for years on something that’s been successfully received, now you’ll get more success, reward, and recognition—this trend is a big plus for organizations such as www.freecycle.org and www.bioneers.org. If you’ve been screwing anybody or everybody, now’s when the people try to tar and feather you.

A stand-out feature of this year is that it offers opportunities…all kinds! But there’s some kind of scramble or struggle to reach them, they’re likely to involve a very steep learning curve. The other good news this year is that as a collective, despite the shocks, people tend to become more loving and aware of each other, making real connections with each other in some brand new ways.

U.S. and the world at large: Culling the newsletters for 2006 and 2007 for mentions of 2008, earlier predictions (“Courage stirs, chaos reins, and in 2008, expect regime change!”) would lead me to think a change-agent and practical type like Barack Obama wins the White House. Another series of earlier predictions about the waves of fall-out from David Fitzgerald’s prosecutions of the Administration officials would make me think Cheney could get impeached, or some trial takes place that relieves the public because they feel like justice is served, followed by a “contraction” in the U.S. that I would interpret as bad economic times. But now, I don't have any sure sense, I could see clearer (if any of this was correct) about 2008 awhile back. Except for the idea of a surprise: I woke up from a dream one night in early December with the thought that the elections don’t go as expected, yet someone good comes into power, (I thought a man, and rather suddenly).

However, the tense and weird astrology on Election Day in the U.S. indicates there could be yet another fraud-filled election. November and December have a tight stressful feel like we could get into another war. On a positive note, healthcare and education reform should be high on the agenda in 2009.

As the year gets going the mood goes from idealistic and denial-prone to realistic and telling it like it is. We will talk more about the housing market not coming back for years. However, difficulty is somehow contained, the really undeniable damage probably won’t be this year. The stock market may go way up at some point but it can’t maintain its position. Most notably, there will be many more jaw-dropping revelations of corruption and fraud in many high places. The public will be floored.

A large development that begins to unfold is Big Government, with more and more power concentrated into governments that then join together. A sign of this is the ambitious NAFTA Superhighway, basically shrouded from public view. Early in 2007, boarding a bus in Mexico, I plopped down next to an American woman ex-pat, and we began to talk—I’m always curious about why people leave their homeland. Her husband’s career had brought them close to Mexico City, where he worked for various international financial newspapers. “You ought to invest in Mexico because of the super-highway!” she volunteered. “They’re building a highway that connects Mexico to Canada and it’ll really boost the economy down here.” I came home and googled “NAFTA Superhighway.” There were many articles and videos about this ambitious government plan that the administration has more or less kept a secret. Supposedly, the highway is part of a plan to join Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. into a union like the European Union, with the “amero” as its new currency. Today I read in the paper that Republican Congressman Ron Paul was called a liar in the Washington Post for stating that the government was building this highway. Go google it and see for yourself!

There’s something uncorked about 2008—people act out unabashedly and are unapologetic about their true motivations—no one hides where they’re coming from.

Finding 2008 fertile ground for solution-seeking organizations, grass roots groups for social justice and ecological balance grow at a faster and faster clip. People get less complacent and more involved in their causes, and the downtrodden and workers of the world actively buck authorities for fairer treatment. It’s an active year where people demand answers, accountability, and justice.

And at the same time, Big Government is just getting going….

Places: California gets stronger—there’s lots of building of infrastructure. Maybe they get in better fiscal shape.. China, inspired and successful, keeps on going to a happier place than it’s been for centuries. Columbia has a more positive, people-friendly and liberating year. Venezuela is okay financially. (I wrote this before it came out that Venezuela has a new currency, I guess the message refers to the fact it works.)

Scientists quietly go about being wildly creative but 2009 might be more of a true breakthrough time. Science is just about to connect with the ways to produce differently, creating a new era, but there’s still a ways to go. The explosive development of social and business networking on the internet is the same story: it’s a year of exploration and experimentation, but this isn’t the year it so definitely arrives.

Nature: Sometimes something brand new pops out of Mother Earth! Borne by its inhabitants, Nature, or in some new way, new forms spring to life. Oceans get attention and help getting cleaner.
Guidance for Everyone in 2008

Big leaps in self-understanding are likely by the end of the year, but it’s also a particularly murky time when people must live without assurances, not knowing a lot about where things are going. The best things to have and develop this year are personal strength, and a cooperative relationship with others-- that’s much more useful than knowing a lot.

In 2008, your intuition will chime in at needed times to guide you—don’t stress that you don’t know enough about the future—how intuition works is to give you what you need to know when you need to know it—don’t decide yet if you don’t know yet.

Routing out the old and useless comes first, whether you’re a person or a collective. Let energy flow by apologizing to anyone you owe an apology to, acknowledging a past action that’s been denied, or forgiving someone.

Choose your fights, let almost everything go. Snags can get ugly.

It’s crucial to read the writing on the wall, and then react to it—if something isn’t working, it’s best to abandon it.

Many plan for and consider radical departures from the past, both in their personal and professional lives. Career change is in the air.
Personal Success and Prosperity in 2008

The downfall of the self-employed in particular in 2008 is “Unattended Stuff.” Don’t let stuff accumulate! First tend to the present, then plan for the future.

Another downfall would be to not be flexible and willing to develop new skills.

To create a “beautiful business”, pay attention to detail. Quality products and quality service is what will succeed now and for many years to come.

Don’t try to expand your territory and make a lot of moves, get more organized and professional and enrich what you’ve got right where you are.

If you’re already in business, this is a “kick it up a notch” year, a betwixt and between cycle of getting in higher gear with better methods to reach a greater level of career success. Long term projects that have already experienced success get more recognition and into a better position now. It’s important to be ready for this. If you’re invested in something that has not been successful, this would be when to disband it and abandon it.

2008 Psychic Messages for the Astrological Signs and Elements
Read your Sun, Moon, and Rising Signs
Air (Gemini, Libra, Aquarius): You’re steaming ahead towards more powerful situations, and you’ll find out if that’s what you want, if it’s where you belong. You’re right on the money with a new involvement, something you want to try. 2009 brings significant fresh and different opportunities.

Earth (Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn): A phase of your life is ending and it’s a slow ending, but when complete you’re in a better space in all ways to move forward. Is there something you’ve always wanted to try? This looks like an opportune moment to do the unexpected, (but thought-of before.) A lot of good order and new order, and everything is more elegant, upscale. Expect cooperation from others around mutual goals. You do get opportunities to communicate with and connect with people in new ways and establish yourself in new places. Go for it!

Fire (Aries, Leo, Sagittarius): You’re trying to get on a higher plane of existence. You’re testing things out this year. There’s a lot of adjusting to do. There’s a calm that you have, a settledness—more of a willingness to persevere towards more clearly understood and deeply felt goals. What’s in better sync is your heart and spirit—you could make long term plans now, surer of yourself and your future. Travel benefits you, and there’s good news about partnership and love. April can see progress with a fond dream, and August is a breakthrough month. Being inspired by the highest visions for yourself will actually be easier than not paying attention to your potential. The year will work out great if you take the high road.

Water (Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces): When you go to act out your ambitions, you could be challenged by your own fears. If necessary, get help pushing yourself out into the new environment you want to be in, and everything will work out fine. It may not be right around the corner or in sight now, but exciting developments are on the horizon; you will certainly see what will make you happy.

Aries: Don’t worry about details this year, focus on the basics, and what is clearly most important. What do you really need? Give yourself comfort, and make yourself comfortable.. There are signs of greater recognition and career success, but money matters could create some sort of necessary adjustments to make things balance out.

Taurus: It doesn’t look like you come to a solution about long-term matters this year. Freedom creates conflict at first and then in the long run, resolve. Stay steady, keep on going on an even keel in the direction that feels most where you want to be. 2008 calls on your strength.

Gemini: Opportunities Come. you are more independent, more accomplished, get more opportunities and make more money. You’re able to elevate yourself, feel freer and more accomplished.

Cancer: A year of art, creativity, and inner understanding. You have an opportunity for wonderful experiences—quite magical—going overseas could be great. Some have a sense of looking for a home or place, not feeling connected, and this can take you far away. Getting things financially sure and squared away is a goal.

Leo: You venture into new things. Learning how to be more powerful in the world is coming to you as a subject, and you’re not necessarily prepared for it or know how to be in the world in a more powerful way. Your path could change now, where you were excited by new goals. To avoid like the plague: procrastination—do what you know to do for your self’s sake. The stars make you vulnerable in the areas of health and finances, so be prudent and protective.

Virgo: You have a happier social life, it’s a pleasant year. You could take the opportunity to learn something new. It may be necessary for you to learn a new skill for what the year holds. Learn anything indicated from your iPhone to something that is like a stepping stone to the new place you want to go.

Libra: Expect to find better places to go, more opportunities. Don’t fuss with the unknown details of what compels you and seems to have a lot of positive signs to it. Be willing to change in a big way, don’t follow anything else.

Scorpio: It’s a more positive year all around, and you are rightfully more optimisitic. You’re on your way to financial stability but there’s some conflict in the process or still some past difficulty to deal with. Encountering conflict is nothing new, just keep on going!

Sagittarius: You put a lot of effort into your goals this year, however it’s an exploratory kind of year where completion is not what’s easily happening. This is a year for getting in which people give you help and support, when you’re in the mode of pushing for your own ideas, and are looking for and finding more hospitable places in the world. The contacts you make now in new locations are very long-lasting and successful.

Capricorn: Bigger dreams, more challenges… Although it’s a great and fortunate year, it may be May before it picks up the speed that makes you think it’s great. You are willing to reach out in new directions. A partnership creates questions.. it looks like partnerships may cause you to take your life in new directions.
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Aquarius: For some, it is a really different year, with different thoughts about what you want to do.Like the other air signs, 2009 brings more new opportunities and solid success. 2008 can be a lot of work, a lot to shoulder. If you sense Herculean tasks up ahead, be careful of assuming too much responsibility…take it easy, have some fun!

Pisces: It’s like Spring, a new beginning…a faint sound, but a new life is just showing itself. “Faith and patience, faith and patience” bring your strong desires into being. You meet people and spend time happily away from home.
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