The Conscious Convergence of July 17 – 18, 2010,

A Wave of Unity for all those who intend to manifest unity consciousness

Many people are coming together to celebrate this special event of a Conscious Convergence on July 17 – 18, 2010.   Like the Harmonic Convergence of 1987 which launched a world-wide shift in consciousness, the Conscious Convergence is an opportunity to intend a shift to unity consciousness.  As the well-known expert of the Mayan Calendar, Carl Calleman, has described this event, “Thus the Conscious Convergence refers to the coming together, convergence of people from many different walks of life with very different backgrounds and viewpoints to express and experience a shared intention for the future.”

With the approaching end of the Mayan Calendar, this convergence is a time to come together to make a collective intention for unity consciousness for the world.   We cannot sit back, and wait for our future to happen.  This is the time to have a clear intention of co-creating a future based in unity consciousness.  Next year, the Mayan Calendar will be moving into the final underworld which is the ninth and highest wave that will bring about the final shift to unity consciousness.  A shift to unity consciousness can forever stop the exploitation of the Earth, and on a deeper level help us to see that we are part of creation, and we need to live in harmony with the Earth.

As Calleman has written, “I feel we also need to consider that the co-creation of this highest level requires that we are truly committed to its purpose.  It is in the preparation of this somewhat mysterious ninth wave that I am encouraging the celebration of the Conscious Convergence, July 17 – 18, 2010 as a point to focus on aligning with the highest and decisive wave of the Mayan Calendar system, the ninth wave…If we can make the commitment to do so we can co-create unity consciousness with the ninth wave.”

In honor of this highest intention, many people are coming together for the Conscious Convergence through performing ceremonies, participating in spiritual practices and global meditations.    July 17 – 18, 2010 can be looked at as a beginning of this process towards manifesting unity consciousness.   Another practice could be following the Mayan Calendar on a daily basis from this point forward which can also contribute to the intention of unity consciousness.  (The calendars are available through www.mayanmajix.com )

Three Mayan Elders, Don Alejandro Oxlaj, Don Rigoberto Itzep and Hunbatz Men, have pledged to participate in the Conscious Convergence through performing ceremonies on the dates of July 17 – 18, 2010.  The three elders are among the most respected and well-known representatives of the Mayan people yet having somewhat different roles in this tradition.

For more information on world-wide celebrations, please check out Carl Calleman’s website at www.calleman.com  , and http://www.commonpassion.org/group/conscious-convergence

In Nevada County, Kathleen McIntire of Soaring in Light is hosting a Conscious Convergence Ceremony:  Embracing Wholeness of the Feminine and Masculine with Liam Ellerby on Sun., July 18 from 6 – 9 pm.   She describes it as such:  “I will be holding a ritual of bringing wholeness to the masculine and feminine for the Conscious Convergence; unity consciousness.  I will be doing this with Liam Ellerby.  This ritual is really unfolding in a beautiful way and I am very excited to be doing this at this time.  It is for women and men.”  For more information, please go to her website at http://soaringinlight.com/ConsciousConvergence where you can also view an introductory video as well as a meditation for the Conscious Convergence led by Kathleen McIntire.  

As the Hopis have said, “We are the ones that we have been waiting for.”  It is time to step forward, and align with others, to make your conscious intention to create unity consciousness for the world.

Blessings, Donna

Summer eclipses are heating up June/July, 2010

Last month, I wrote about the ‘Cardinal Crucible’ heating up, and I wonder how many of you felt the energetic shift on May 27 when under a Sagittarius Full Moon, the planet Uranus made its move into the fire sign of Aries.   I noticed the shift in the comments on Face book from not being able to sleep, and people making some radical changes from big moves to job changes, and to even getting that “first” tattoo!   It all sounded Uranian to me…the planet that loves to shake things up, try something new, and make a break for freedom from the old restrictions.   

In the month of June, the fiery Aries energy really gets stirred up when the expansive planet, Jupiter joins Uranus in Aries on June 5, and the two form a conjunction on June 8, really magnifying the need to see, and do things differently.  The June 26th Lunar Eclipse is one of the major astrological events of 2010.  Occurring only a few days after the Summer solstice on June 21 when the Sun moves into the sign of Cancer, this Full Moon at 5 degrees of Capricorn/Cancer is extra powerful because it forms a grand cross with the planets Pluto, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mercury, all within 5 degrees of the four cardinal points. 

What does this all mean?   With this amount of energy in the cardinal signs of Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn, there is the potential for quantum leaps, and major shifts from one phase of development to the next.  This is the time for big changes on the planet.  Humanity’s evolutionary pace is picking up speed which is clearly shown in the approaching end of the Mayan Calendar as we move into warp speed. 

Personally, we can find this intense energy challenging because it requires us to make real, not cosmetic, changes in our lives.   We are being asked to take a look at life differently, and to tune into our real feelings along with being asked to be responsible, claim our personal power, and focus on what is most necessary and feasible for us to change in our lives.  You can use the power of this eclipse to take a giant leap on your own personal path. 

The eclipses continue in July with the Solar Eclipse on July 11 at 19 degrees of Cancer.  Solar eclipses are extra powerful New Moons, and this eclipse in the water sign of Cancer is reminding all of us to honor the material world as sacred including our physical body and the Earth on which we live.   It is a very important message that we all need to hear right now in light of all the current planetary challenges going on.   It is not too late to do our part in our own backyards, hometowns, and countries.  What can you do to take care of your precious home called Earth?  We are all in this together, and the evolutionary step is from duality to unity.  Follow your intuition, and where it guides you.   For insight on how to ride these rapids, have a personal astrology reading.  The time for big changes is now.    

Blessings on your path, Donna

Thanks to Stephanie Austin at www.ecoastrology.com  who writes about the New and Full Moons for the great local and international astrology magazine, The Mountain Astrologer.  The term, ‘Cardinal Crucible’ by Donna M. Fisher-Jackson, MA © 2010

The Cardinal Crucible heats up in May, 2010

Many of you who follow astrology have been hearing about the approach of this time period with several planets moving into Cardinal signs.  Raymond Merriman, a financial astrologer, coined the term, the ‘Cardinal Climax’ to describe these astrological connections, and Jeff Jawer wrote about it in The Mountain Astrologer describing it as the ‘Cardinal Commencement’, but I have a different word for this increasing energy in the Cardinal signs of Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn.  To me, it feels more like a ‘Cardinal Crucible.’  

A crucible has been defined as a heat-resistant container in which materials can be heated to very high temperatures.  It has also been described as a place or situation in which concentrated forces interact to cause or influence change or development.  I feel like we are in such a place right now.   The process feels very much like alchemy to me.  We as a country, and as a planet are faced with an alchemical transformation.

Personally, I have been feeling this alchemical energy since the beginning of the new year.   My Sun is in the early degrees of Libra, and I also have three other planets – my  Mars, and Moon/Saturn all in the early degrees of Cancer and Capricorn.   Since the New Year’s Eve Lunar Eclipse in Capricorn/Cancer, I have felt like I am going through an alchemical process.  It feels like I am in a pressure cooker, or between a rock, and a hard place, or feeling squeezed from all angles.   As I wrote about the tarot card, the Hanged Man, for this newsletter, I began to see that is exactly how I have been feeling. 

The Hanged Man card describes a time of a voluntary sacrifice for a greater good.  It’s a time of waiting in the darkness where it is not clear how everything will turn out.  Some describe it as the ‘Dark Night of the Soul’ – a term that I am very familiar with having been there before.  But this time feels different.  I do feel like I am consciously going on a journey into this place of darkness where before, I was pulled down into it unexpectedly by inner and outer circumstances.  Now, I am choosing to take this journey for my own personal transformation as well as for the greater good.  

All of us who have planets in these Cardinal signs of Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn are going to be taking a transformational journey.   For some, it won’t be as life-changing because they only have one planet in a Cardinal sign, but for others, they could see themselves as a totally different person by the time they make it to the other side of these transits.  

These important transits really begin to heat up  this summer beginning on May 27, 2010 when Uranus enters Aries, followed by Jupiter moving into Aries, and, and then a Lunar Eclipse on June 26, 2010 in the signs of Cancer/Capricorn, and a Solar Eclipse on July 11, 2010 in Cancer.   I will be writing more about these summer eclipses in the June newsletter. 

 In the meantime, I invite you to check out the websites of these gifted  astrologers for more astrological details:   Stephanie Austin at www.ecoastrology.com , Genevieve Vierling at www.bluelightlady.com,  Jeff Jawer of www.StarIQ.com and Thomas Lescher of  www.NewParadigmAstrology.com  have all written about this pivotal time in our history. 

The more we can embrace these changes that are coming, the easier it will be for all of us.   And this is why, 2012 is not the end of the world, but just the end of the world as we know it.  As the Maya have predicted in their well-known calendar, we are entering a time of conscious co-creation, and what an amazing world we are creating right now.   For more insight on how this ‘Cardinal Crucible’ is affecting you, have a personal astrology reading, and see how you can best navigate these stormy seas of change.   

Blessings on your path, Donna  

The term, ‘Cardinal Crucible’ by Donna M. Fisher-Jackson, MA © 2010

 April...A Time of Rebirth

The religious holidays of Easter and Passover are being celebrated this month reminding us that we have entered the season of Spring, and a time of Rebirth.   Lately, I have been pondering the word, Rebirth.  I am in the midst of writing my next book which has to do with past lives.   Having been raised in the Protestant faith, I never really encountered the idea of past lives until I moved to California, and began to learn about some of the Eastern religions including Hinduism and Buddhism where the idea of past lives is a common belief.   

As a concept, it makes a lot of sense to me that we as souls would have more than one opportunity to learn all of life's lessons living in a physical body on the Earth.  How could we learn all of life’s lessons in one lifetime?     The idea really hit home when I began to recall my own previous lifetimes.   Through my own personal training as a Certified Hypnotherapist along with working with a psychotherapist who was trained in past-life regression work, I began to recall lifetimes that seemed to have important messages for me.   Under hypnosis, I was guided back to certain lifetimes to heal unresolved issues, and to bring back long-forgotten gifts.  It was like being given pieces to a puzzle – the puzzle being my own soul’s journey from one lifetime to another.  

In my next book, I am putting these pieces together in the story of Clara and Irving, a past life love story which begins in a vaudeville theatre in the Roaring Twenties on Cape Cod, and continues in present time where the theatre once again becomes a stage for their love affair years later.   

Personally, I have found past-life regression work to be a valuable tool for healing long-standing issues as well as retrieving gifts and talents from previous lifetimes.   It is not meant to be used for entertainment, but to be used as a healing tool which allows us to become more empowered in our present lifetimes.   If you are interested in learning more about past-life regression, please contact me for a Free 30 minute Discovery session where you can learn more about this valuable tool, and how it can be helpful on your own healing path.  

Blessings, Donna

Spring ~ The Season for New Beginnings

In New England, I used to notice how the month of March arrived….was it like a lion, or a lamb?  Most of the time, March came in with the roar of a lion still in the midst of winter, and left with the bleating of a lamb, and the promise of spring.  Here in California, I have already experienced moments of spring with daffodils blooming, and emerald green hills, and the month of March has just begun.  

March is the month to plant those seeds for new beginnings.   In the winter, we let go of the previous year, and go inward to contemplate and consider what we would like to create in the springtime.   Barbara Hand Clow, a fellow astrologer, has a great method for manifestation.  She uses the method every spring to manifest her dreams for that year. 

First, take the time to be still, and in your quiet contemplation, make a list of three to nine items that you would like to have or create, and state clear timelines and circumstances around these dreams.  Be as clear as you can be, and select items that are in your best interest, and that don’t manipulate others such as your desire for a certain person.  It is wiser to describe the partner that you are seeking without asking for a specific person.   

Once you have the list, follow the below technique for each item on your list:

1.  Place the image of what you want to create in your mind, and be as clear as you can with the time, the conditions, and the changes that would come from having this dream come true.  Next, ask yourself the question, “If I could have this dream, would I want it?”   Sometimes, you discover that it’s not something that you really desire at this time.   In this process, you can clear your mind of what you don’t want, and begin to get clearer about what you really do want in your life right now.

2.  Next, hold the dream in your mind, and do three visualizations of scenes that portray the creation happening in your life.  For example, if you are seeking your “dream” home, envision what it looks like and feels like, and see yourself there in three different ways.  Close your eyes, and picture it in your mind’s eye, and hold the image like on a movie screen, and strengthen it visually as much as you can, and then go onto the next scene, and follow the same process. 

3.  Once, you have visualized all three scenes of your chosen dream, then you can choose to speak some words such as “so be it!” or “manifest on all levels, now!”  Follow the same technique with your other dreams, and then place the list in a special place, and allow the dreams to manifest.  In a few months, or even a year, you can look back at the list, and see what has been created.  Whenever, you feel stuck, you can get out the list and re-charge it again by following the same technique. 

Barbara Hand Clow has practiced that technique for many years, and has been amazed at how her dreams have manifested.   Last spring, I followed her manifestation process, and wrote down my dreams, and followed her visualization techniques.   I also added a chosen rock or crystal for each dream to make them more real, and then placed my list of dreams in a gold envelope in a special box.  I practiced this technique on the first day of spring last year.

This year, in the first week of March, I decided to look at my list after only glancing at it once during the year.   It turns out that two of my dreams did come true.   First, I published my first book, The Healing Path of the Romantic, in the fall of 2009, the harvest time of the year.  Secondly, I became more involved with Gather the Women, an international women’s group, and led a couple of women’s circles during the year.  My other two dreams are still works in progress, and I will be adding them again to my new list for the spring of 2010. 

I invite you to try out this technique, and see where it may lead.  You may be pleasantly surprised at how your dreams manifest in the coming year.   The first day of spring is March 20, 2010 when the Sun moves into the sign of Aries, the first sign of the zodiac.   Take the time to plant your “dream” seeds for the coming year, and you could be amazed at how they grow.   

Blessings, Donna

The Last Night of the Mayan Calendar

Began on November 8, 2009 & runs thru November 3, 2010

We are entering another time period in the Mayan calendar on November 8 as we move into Night Six which is ruled by the Mayan god, Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli, better known as the god before dawn.   The night is often at its darkest just before the light of dawn breaks, and so it is right now, on the planet as we move through the final breakdown of the world as we know it. 

According to the Mayan Calendar, we are now in the Galactic Underworld where one of the most important lessons for the world has been around Ethics.   In the coming Night Six from November 8, 2009 to November 3, 2010, the world will be experiencing a further breakdown and transformation of all unethical structures.   The Nights in the Mayan calendar are always times of adjusting and integrating all that came to light in the times of the previous Days.  

As we near the end of the Mayan calendar, we are faced with what feels like the speeding up of time.  It is really the speeding up of this evolutionary cycle which began 16.4 billion years ago with what the scientists have labeled as the Big Bang.  Through the different underworlds of the Mayan calendar, you can literally follow the evolution of this planet.  How the Maya knew all this, and were able to record it is still a mystery.   Mayan calendar experts like Carl Calleman, and the late, Ian Xel Lungold, have dedicated their lives to this research, and have compiled quite a bit of evidence to indicate that the true ending of the Mayan calendar is on October 28, 2011, and not December 21, 2012 as first thought.   2012 will still be a pivotal year as a celebration of this full flowering of a new level of consciousness, a unity consciousness. 

That is why this time in history is so important to be able to join with others in consciously co-creating this new world that awaits us.  It is in our hands, and up to each one of us to contribute our individual gifts to creating this new paradigm on the planet. 

In his books, and on his website, www.calleman.com , Calleman provides a lot of research, and tools in how to navigate this important time in history.  The late,  Ian Xel Lungold’s lecture/video, The Mayan Calendar Moves North, is still a classic in explaining this evolutionary process as it unfolds in the Mayan Calendar.  His video is available on www.mayanmajix.com

Both men see these last two years of the Mayan Calendar as a time where our most important tool is going to be our intuition.  As time seems to speed up, our minds will not be able to keep up with the pace of creation, and that’s where we will have to rely more and more on our intuition to guide us to our next step on our personal path.  

In the coming year, I will be running another Mayan Calendar Circle through Gather the Women of Nevada County, where we will explore the calendar in these last two years, and how we can utilize it in our own lives.  I encourage all of you to discover the importance of this calendar for yourself, and to gather in your own circles to find meaning and support through community.   These changing times are going to continue to be challenging for all of us, and community can help us to ride these waves of change together.   

If you’re interested in the upcoming Mayan Calendar Circle for women, please check the Classes & Groups page of my website, and upcoming newsletters for the dates of the new circle coming in 2010. 

By Donna Fisher-Jackson, MA  © 2009

(Thanks to Carl Calleman of www.calleman.com  for his amazing research and the late Ian Xel Lungold of www.mayanmajix.com  who continues to guide us from the Other Side.)