March Astrological Forecast

Posted on February 28, 2021 by Trish and Rob

MARCH

The best news about March is that Mercury is now direct and won’t turn retrograde again until May 29! So now all your projects and endeavors can move forward again without glitches.

March begins with energetic Mars entering Gemini on the 3rd, a signal that it’s time to have some fun and chat up a storm with friends/family through Zoom or facetime.
On March 4, Mercury and Jupiter meet up in Aquarius, so there’s a marked expansion in communication.

The new moon in Pisces on March 13 is closely conjunct Neptune and Venus, so there’s a dreamy, romantic quality to the day that makes it easier to imagine what you desire – and to attract it.

On March 20, the spring equinox, Jupiter in Aquarius trines the moon in Gemini, and the Sun enters fire sign Aries, bringing a whole new energy into our lives. Do something special for yourself! Also, Saturn trines Mars, Mercury and Uranus sextile each other. Check your sign to see how all this impacts you.

March 28 features a full moon in Libra that trines Saturn in Aquarius. Something is completed and you’ve built a solid foundation with whatever you’ve been working on. This moon is also widely trine Mars, so motivation is your middle name.

We’re moving closer or are in the midst of a paradigm shift. Pay close attention to how you feel, what you think, and ask yourself how you can help during this pandemic.

For the forecast specific to signs, look here.

Here’s the audio version:

 

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The Friendly Mockingbird

Posted on February 25, 2021 by Trish and Rob

The temperature here this morning was 37 – COLD for  South Florida. But by this afternoon, it was 70, ideal for a bike ride. One leg of my route takes me down a two-lane road to the local police station. The station parking lot is next to a canal, so there are usually wading birds poking around. But today, there was a mockingbird pecking at something in this hedge.

I stopped at the curb to snap a photo, inched closer, closer, and this cute little thing  just stayed where he was,  looking at me. I wondered just how close I could get to him before he flew off. So I kept inching closer.

I was thinking about a zoom meet-up earlier in the day with  Dr. Bernie Beitman, the first psychiatrist since Carl Jung to undertake a serious study of synchronicity., and his coincidence group. He had organized the meet-up with  other people from various parts of the world who are writing about, researching, or involved in some way in the study of synchronicity. One of the women – from Mexico – told an incredible story about her synchronicities with a fox that had wandered into her backyard repeatedly and with whom she developed a kind of friendship. And then I encountered this mockingbird.

The bird let me get very close to him and I snapped the photo above. Then, as I inched even closer, he flew down to the edge of the canal. When I got home 20 minutes later and was walking my bike into the garage, I heard a bird chirping loudly and repeatedly. I glanced back  and saw wings fluttering in a nearby bush.

The bush is filled with some type of berry and the bird was feasting. I finally got a good look at him. A mockingbird. I was able to get close to him, but he was in the leaves and hard to see.

Will there be a third? Will this be a cluster?

I looked up the esoteric meaning for mockingbird:

“When the Mockingbird comes into our lives it can be a message that we need to rethink how we work, interact and communicate with others.  Are we accommodating?  Are we being flexible?  The Mockingbird way is to listen first, then respond.  This is one of its greatest lessons for humans.”

Message received!

 

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The Trickster

Posted on February 23, 2021 by Trish and Rob

The Trickster. Remember him? Smeagol? The elf with the pointed hat? Kokopelli?

Sometimes when we’re talking about synchronicities and the trickster comes up, people have questions. Even though most of us know what a trickster is – or have an image of one from TV and movies, maybe a kind of elfin figure wearing a pointed hat or it looks like Smeagol, the gollum, in The Lord of the Rings. But tricksters come in all shapes and sizes and they aren’t necessarily human. Some trickster synchros are events.

In November 2019, the Veneto regional council, which is located on Venice’s Grand Canal, was flooded for the first time in its history – just after it rejected measures to combat climate change.

The historic Italian city has been brought to its knees by the worst flooding there in more than 50 years. And the council chamber in Ferro Fini Palace started to take in water around 10 p.m. local time, as councilors were debating the 2020 regional budget.

According to the deputy chairman of the environment committee, “Ironically, the chamber was flooded two minutes after the majority League, Brothers of Italy, and Forza Italia parties rejected our amendments to tackle climate change.”

This sure sounds like a trickster synchro. The regional council rejects measures to combat climate change and that ole trickster cackles, “Really, dudes?” A heartbeat or two later, the council chamber floods.

On a personal level, the trickster archetype can be animal or human, male or female, and is found throughout the mythology and folklore of all cultures. From the Native American coyote to the court jester and clown, from Kokopelli, Loki, Tezcatlipoca, Saci, Edshu and others, the trickster across cultures share similar characteristics. He’s playful but sometimes mean, sympathetic, outrageous and humorous because he does things outside of the boundaries of what society considers accepted behavior.

“Tricksters relish the disruption of the status quo, turning the ordinary world into chaos with their quick turns of phrase and physical antics,” wrote Joseph Campbell. “Although they may not change during the course of their journeys, their world and its inhabitants are transformed by their antics. The Trickster uses laughter to make characters see the absurdity of the situation, and perhaps force a change.”

Look how the trickster worked for Will Rogers, humorist, actor and writer.

He died in a plane crash with his aviator buddy, Wiley Post, shortly after taking off from a lagoon in Point Barrow, Alaska. Rogers’s typewriter was found in the debris, a piece of paper rolled into it, and the last word he typed was death. Even Rogers probably got a kick out of that one.

Or how about these?

Hours after famed Trappist monk Thomas Merton proclaimed in an important meeting with religious leaders that the times ahead were electrifying, he died by electrocution while sitting in the bathtub.

The last movie that John Huston directed before his death was called The Dead. The last book of poetry that Anne Sexton published before she committed suicide in 1974 was entitled The Death Notebooks.

At the time of his death, Philip K. Dick was working on a novel entitled The Owl in Daylight. In esoteric traditions, the owl is considered a messenger between the living and the dead. The last song that Hank Williams wrote was Angel of Death. When he died, he had a hit single at the top of the charts: I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive.

Trickster synchros aren’t confined to just death and dying. Mythologist Joseph Campbell considered the trickster one of the most significant figures in Native American folklore. It “represents this power of the dynamic of the total psyche to overthrow programs… the trickster is an upsetting factor,” Campbell wrote, “…he breaks through….”

What’s interesting about that phrase, he breaks through, is that the often personal nature of trickster synchros are so in your face and wryly ironic that they break through whatever resistance you may harbor about a particular issue or relationship. You can’t help but laugh at yourself.

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The Mystical Underground: Catriona MacGregor: Secrets Of A Celtic Mystic

Posted on February 21, 2021 by Trish and Rob

A new episode of The Mystical Underground is live! “Catriona MacGregor: Secrets Of A Celtic Mystic”:

Join Trish and Rob for a conversation with…

Catriona MacGregor is the author of a new book out this week called “Secrets of a Celtic Mystic: Sacred Earth Prophecy.” Her earlier book, “Partnering with Nature: The Wild Path to Reconnecting with the Earth,” won a gold medal from the Nautilus Book Awards, which recognizes world-changing books that promote positive social change.

In her books, Catriona explores the magic of nature and our precarious relationship with the “outdoors” from the perspective of a scientist, an environmental journalist, and a nature guide. She treats us to astonishing stories of how nature heals and shows us the path to “re-wilding,” a revolution in consciousness and a reckoning with the “feminine” values of compassion, intuition, and planetary survival.
Catriona has extensive experience in habitat management and species conservation and is leading a resilient forests initiative to apply innovative and bold solutions to forest & species management. She is a visionary bridge-builder between nature and humankind – and an intuitive mystic.

https://www.catrionamacgregor.org

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A Synchro Jackpot

Posted on February 21, 2021 by Trish and Rob

 

This may not exactly be a jackpot story, but it definitely is a synchronicity of the Lotto kind.

A couple of weeks ago, we met Paula and Lloyd, our dog park buddies, at Darbster’s, a vegan restaurant named after the owners’ dog. The setting is a dichotomy – next to a canal that is peaceful and pretty, but adjacent to Federal Highway in West Palm Beach, which is noisy.

That first evening, the four of us sat outside, with our dog Nigel, as our only pooch. I’d thoughtLloyd was going to bring his dog, Abby, but he thought we’d agreed no dogs. My bad. Mercury was retrograde, communications got screwed up.

On the way home, Rob and I stropped by a gas station so I could buy a couple of Loteria $2 scratch offs. The station didn’t have any. So I bought a pair of $2 scratch offs called Gold Rush. Rob won a hundred bucks.

Two weeks later, the four of us met again at Darbster’s. This time, Nigel and Abby were with us. On her way home, Paula stopped at a gas station and bought a Gold Rush. And yes, she won a hundred bucks.

What are the odds?

Well, the Florida Lottery tells us that there’s a 1 in 796 chance of winning $100 with the $2 Gold Rush card. Paula bought a $10 Gold Rush card, which has much better odds: 1 in 71.

Already, Darbster’s feels like a hub of quantum physics, right?  Already, it figures into what is starting to feel like a cluster synchro. When we meet a third time, with all our dogs present, it’s Lloyd’s turn to buy a Gold Rush on his way home. If he does and wins a hundred bucks, then what’s the message?

These are the kind of synchros that beg for closer scrutiny!

Stay tuned.

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The Wisdom of Shiva

Posted on February 19, 2021 by Trish and Rob

We were about to interview psychologist Davina Kotulski about her new book, The Manna Paradigm Shift: Creating the Consciousness of Abundance and Freedom on our podcast, The Mystical Underground. The book is about taking chances, stepping off the cliff, to find your true self and to pursue your dreams. Essentially, it requires destroying the old ways to create the new.

But Mercury Retrograde kicked in and a technical glitch with Skype resulted in a delay. While our tech magician/producer Jon Posey worked on the problem, we took a break. As I headed back to my office, I stopped at a bookcase in the family room and for some reason I snatched a book off the shelf that caught my eye and opened it at random. The book is called, The Wisdom Codes: Ancient Words to Rewire Out Brains and Heal our Hearts, by Gregg Braden. I thought the title sounded somewhat harmonious with the wisdom our guest was providing in The Manna Paradigm Shift.

On the page I opened was a sub-heading called The Hindu Mantra of Strength. It was about a well-known simple Hindu mantra: Om Namah Shivaya. It honors Shiva, one of the three primary deities in the Hindu tradition. Shiva is often referred to as the destroyer god who works in concert with Brahma, the creator, and Vishnu, the preserver. She balances energies and provides powerful harmony among the three primal forces.

Braden writes: “While it’s true that Shiva is frequently described as the destroyer, a deeper exploration of Hindu tradition reveal that the name is often appended with the name transformer as well. And while the qualities, destruction and transformation, are often used interchangeably, it may be more accurate to describe them as part of a sequence rather than substitutes for one another.”

In other words, what might be seen as destruction of the old ways leads to transformation, the new way of being. As Braden put it: “By invoking the power of Shiva in our lives, we destroy our old ideas of self-limitation and free ourselves to transform into new expressions of ourselves that embody our deepest strengths.”

I was interested in talking to Davina about these concepts and how they relate to The Manna Paradigm Shift, but like I said it was Mercury retrograde. Jon told us the problem with Skype was continuing, so we postponed the interview for three weeks. When the time comes, we’ll see how “manna from heaven” and the destroyer god Shiva fit together. That podcast episode will be up here in The Mystical Underground some time in March.

 

 

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An Alien Named ‘Oumuamua’

Posted on February 17, 2021 by Trish and Rob

 

When Harvard Professor John Mack took up the cause of alien abductees and attested that their experiences were real, he infuriated academia with his claims and was met with harsh criticism. Even though he was a tenured professor, head of the psychiatry department of the Harvard Medical School and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, in 1994, Harvard carried out a 14-month investigation of his research, but ultimately backed away from dismissing him. They somewhat sheepishly concluded that Mack could conduct research any subject he liked. Ten years later, and after publication of two books of alien abductions, he was killed in London when he was struck by a drunk driver. For a fascinating interview with Mack by PBS, look here.

Now, decades later, mainstream science continues to snub research into UFOs and alien visitors. The taboo makes any scientist pursuing the subject immediately suspect. The latest scientist to step into the UFO/alien academic target zone is another highly accredited Harvard guy.

Avi Loeb is the longest-serving chair of astronomy at Harvard, has published hundreds of pioneering papers, and has collaborated with greats like the late Stephen Hawking. That makes him difficult to dismiss outright.

In his new book, “Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth, Loeb spells out the reasons he believes an object named ‘Oumuamua — “scout” in Hawaiian—that passed through the solar system in 2017 is an alien object. He also takes on the scientific mainstream’s unwillingness to look at the subject.

“The correct approach is to be modest and say: ‘We’re nothing special, there are lots of other cultures out there, and we just need to find them,'” Loeb said in an interview with Agence France-Presse, published Feb. 6.

The facts are as follows, as spelled out in the article.

In October 2017, astronomers observed an object moving so quickly, it could only have come from another star — the first recorded interstellar interloper.

It didn’t seem to be an ordinary rock, because after sling shotting around the Sun, it sped up and deviated from the expected trajectory, propelled by a mysterious force.

This could be easily explained if it was a comet expelling gas and debris — but there was no visible evidence of this “outgassing.”

The traveler also tumbled in a strange way — as inferred by how it got brighter and dimmer in scientists’ telescopes, and it was unusually luminous, possibly suggesting it was made from a bright metal.

There are two shapes that fit the peculiarities observed — long and thin like a cigar, or flat and round like a pancake, almost razor thin.

Loeb says simulations favor the latter, and believes the object was deliberately crafted as a light sail propelled by stellar radiation.

In order to explain what happened, astronomers had to come up with novel theories, such as that it was made of hydrogen ice and would therefore not have visible trails, or that it disintegrated into a dust cloud.

“These ideas that came to explain specific properties of ‘Oumuamua always involve something that we have never seen before,” said Loeb.”If that’s the direction we are taking, then why not contemplate an artificial origin?”

Discovering there’s intelligent life beyond our planet could be the most transformative event in human history — but what if scientists decided to collectively ignore evidence suggesting it already happened? Asks the French news agency in the article.

Writing in Forbes, astrophysicist Ethan Siegel called Loeb a “once-respected scientist” who, having failed to convince his peers of his arguments, had taken to pandering to the public.

Loeb, for his part, protests a “culture of bullying” in the academy that punishes those who question orthodoxy — just as Galileo was punished when he proposed the Earth was not the center of the universe.

For the complete story, look here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Mystical Underground: Janice Carlson: Soul Sensing

Posted on February 14, 2021 by Trish and Rob

A new episode of The Mystical Underground is live! “Janice Carlson: Soul Sensing”:

Join Trish and Rob for a conversation with…

Janice Carlson holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Communications and Secondary Education. After years spent as an advertising copywriter, she authored 15 novels for New York publishing houses under her fiction-writing penname: Ashland Price. Then, in 1992, Janice accidentally discovered her ability to communicate with the dead. Since that time, she has done thousands of afterlife communications sessions for clients throughout the United States, with a money-back guarantee of contact.

Her recent book, SOUL SENSING: How to Communicate With Your Dead Loved Ones. received a glowing 4-Star review from the San Francisco Book Review, as well as raves from scores of radio and podcast hosts throughout America. In addition to being a psychic, Janice is one of the very few mediums in the U.S. that offers a money-back guarantee of contact with deceased loved ones and friends.

www.janicecarlson.com

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A Life-After-Death Essay Contest

Posted on February 14, 2021 by Trish and Rob

Las Vegas space entrepreneur Robert Bigelow has announced an essay contest in which he is giving away nearly $1 million as the inaugural activity for his newly-founded organization, the Bigelow Institute for Consciousness Studies (BICS).

Bigelow is famous for his entrepreneurial endeavors in regards to paranormal research such as Skinwalker Ranch and government-contracted UFO research through Bigelow Aerospace’s Advanced Space Studies (BAASS) program. He founded the consciousness organization in June of last year. It’s part of Bigelow’s life-long goal to create a research organization dedicated to answering the question of what happens to us when we die? Do we survive death and, if so, what’s it like on the other side?

The essay contest is intended to raise public awareness “for the Survival of Human Consciousness topic and to stimulate research,” according to the competition’s webpage. The goal for applicants is to write an essay that summarizes “the best evidence available for the survival of human consciousness after permanent bodily death.” Bigelow will award the the top three essays, with first place receiving $500,000, and second and third places receiving $300,000 and 150,000, respectively.

According to the BICS website, competition entries are expected to employ a focus on scientific evidence and include both “objective and subjective supported documentation as gathered,” including older documented cases, photographic or electronic data, validated and authenticated human experiences, and other relevant literature and sources.

The deadline for entries is August 1, 2021. They will be judged by a panel of renowned experts, including forensic neurologist Christopher C. Green MD PhD; journalist and author Leslie Kean; Rice University Professor of Philosophy and Religious Thought Jeffrey Kripal, PhD; theoretical physicist Harold Puthoff, PhD; University of California Irvine Professor of Statistics Jessica Utts PhD; and survival of consciousness expert Brian Weiss, MD. The winners of the competition will be announced on November 1, 2021.

If you are interested, you need five years of related experience and you are required to apply to write your essay by Feb. 28. More info at http://www.bigelowinstitute.org

That’s an interesting challenge, especially since objective and subjective evidence are included. The problem, at least up to this point, has been that mainstream science tends to see all supposed evidence of life after death as subjective, misinterpretation, or fraud or hoax. But with this panel of judges, who are attuned to consciousness research, the results should be interesting.

https://www.mysterywire.com/mysteries/bigelow-institute-for-consciousness-studies-bics/

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And how’s your merc retro going?

Posted on February 12, 2021 by Trish and Rob

Every Mercury retrograde is different. Some impact personal and professional relationships, cars and travel of all sorts. Others make a mess of technology. And some bring up old issues – like the impeachment of trump and whether or not he’ll be convicted for inciting violence at the capitol on January 6.

But all Merc retros have several things in common: life gets bumpy in one or several areas, old issues surface, miscommunication is the norm. Anything with moving parts is screwed up. If you sign a contract, you’ll revisit the terms. Best to revise, review, reconsider.

So far, Mercury retrograde in Aquarius for us has brought a shortage of firewood instead of toilet paper and paper towels. Our winter here in Florida has lasted longer this season, weeks instead of days when the temps were cold enough to build a fire in your fire pit. When I wore three layers of clothes.

Ten days into this retro, appointments have changed, revisions are underway, I’ve had to change passwords several times. I’ve also had technical issues with my computer, phone, and our podcast.

Today, we were supposed to talk with Davina Kotulski, a clinical psychologist, author, and life coach. When she called our Skype number shortly before 1 p.m. ET, she got a busy signal. Since the number belongs to the podcast and none of us were using the number, our producer and tech wizard said, “Ask her to call back in half an hour.”

The upshot is that we re-scheduled for a date after the retro ends – March 1.

For other people, the technology stuff seems to be a biggie. One friend, Paula, had to buy a new iPhone because water seeped inside her iPhone 11 and basically killed it. I always recommend that people don’t buy electronics during a retro period. But, let’s face it. These days we pretty much live on our phones. We need our phones even in Mercury retros.

During one retro, our washing machine broke down. Since I had no desire to use a laundromat for three weeks or go without clean clothes, I bought a new washing machine. It’s never been quite normal – it grunts and groans at times and makes a lot of noise.
During another retro, I signed a contract and the project was screwed up from the second I put that pen to paper. During another, I bought a car from Carmax and sold it within a year. I hated the stick shift.

But some Mercury retros bring old acquaintances and friends back into your life. And most of the time if you travel during a a Merc retro, you return to your destination at a future time.

Gemini and Virgo are ruled by Mercury, the archetypal trickster that governs communication, travel, and anything with moving parts. They may feel these retro more strongly than other signs. But, we all experience this energy in some area of our lives.

The good news? The next Mercury retro won’t happen again until May 29 at 6:34 p.m. EDT. It ends on June 22 at 6 p.m. After that, the third and final retro of the year – circle September 27 at 1:10 a.m. and it ends on October 18 at 11:37 a.m.

In between, make as much progress as you can.

 

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