Solar Cycle 24 has begun -

Celestial Timings
by Cayelin K Castell


Solar Cycle 24 has begun - NASA, NOAA and ESA has predicted this cycle to be up to 50% stronger Solar Cycle 23 that produced the largest solar flare ever recorded. The Sun will reach its 'apex' (maximum) in late 2011 into 2012.


The Sun's solar activity affects the Earth's magnetic field having a dramatic affect on Earth's weather including earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, and hurricanes. The solar activity and the waves of electrical currents generated by it also affect the human body's magnetic field. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) provides empirical evidence of how magnetic fields can influence human emotions.
Mitch Barros of Earth Changes Media says: "I believe it will be the magnetic influence produced by the Sun which will usher in what is described by our ancient ancestors as "the transition" bringing us to a new state-of-being".

Did the Chilean Quake Shift Earth's Axis?
"If our calculations are correct, the quake moved Earth's figure axis by about 3 inches (8 cm)," says geophysicist Richard Gross of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California… The Chilean quake shifted enough material to change the mass balance of our entire planet … http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2010/11mar_figureaxis.htm?list73506



Bright Venus and lesser Mercury form an eye-catching pair low in the western twilight. Sky & Telescope magazine

Daily April Timings

April 01, Thursday. All Fool’s Day. The genesis of our current understanding of April Fool’s Day grew out of the 1582 change in the calendar instituted by Pope Gregory shifting New Year’s Day from April 1 to January 1. News traveled slowly in those days and for various reasons many continued to celebrate New Year's Day on April First. Those who continued to celebrate New Year’s in April became known as April Fools and was a way to pressure individuals into conforming to a calendar that was designed to focus awareness on physical evidence and promote materialism and commerce. It has been highly successful not only in focusing consciousness on materialism but also in disconnecting us from the magical world including the natural cycles of the Earth and Sky.

The mission of Shamanic Astrology is to remind us of the magical connection between the Earth and Sky while also recovering a deeper connection to the natural cycles in ways that enhance our intuitive knowing and consciousness connection to Great Mystery.

Venus enters Taurus today until April 24. In the feminine principle this is the archetypal realm of Aphrodite the Goddess of Love and Beauty who mastered the art of intimacy and receivership, receiving, savoring, and fully enjoying the gifts of life and love. These are the themes that are informing Venus as she prepares to pass through the second gate and reclaim her second chakra vestment on April 16.