Did you hear about the mystery spiral and blue light display in the skies of Norway?

Mythologist William Henry asks tonight, "Could the exquisite, enchanting blue spiral light of Norway be a blue angel?" He goes on to say, "traditional shamanic peoples around the world describe a Blue Pearl, an exquisite, enchanting blue light that appears in a flash, without any provocation or thought, and ....opens like a lotus or a wormhole."

Strange energies from space, possible alien contact....all these are possible with Neptune (shared mystical experiences) and Jupiter (expanded visions) in Aquarius, the sign of all things unexpected, alien. Some are saying it's just the HAARP messing around with the ionosphere. What do you think? Is this a real otherwordly phenomenon?

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The launching of the Neptune Canada project caught my astrological eye. It's an 800 k (or nearly 500 mile) loop of high speed fiber-optic cable out off Victoria, B.C., that will be a sea floor observatory. Neptune (the sea) is now in the sign of Aquarius, which rules frontiers of science & technology, networks, connectivity and frequencies. Chris Barnes, the director of Neptune at University of Victoria, said, "We are truly at the start of a new era -- an era of wiring the ocean."

The project will gather data to better understand changing currents due to climate change, undersea volcanoes, pollution, fish populations and marine mammals. You may be able to hear whale songs via the project's line. I got the chance to see these gentle giants from a cruise ship off Canada and Alaska in August. Many indigenous traditions see whales as carriers of human history. Neptune is the planet of transcendence, oneness and dissolving of boundaries. Neptune's journey in Aquarius has heightened the fascination with whale sounds, as frequencies with an otherworldly message for humanity.

I wondered if the sensors and instruments of this project would interfere with the whale sonar. Along with sonar equipment, they're using the far-out sounding technology of hydrophones and echosounders. The team did an environmental impact before hand, and found, that disturbance to marine mammals from electromagnetic waves and such "is expected to be minor, localized and, for most potential effects, temporary in nature."

It reminds me, though, of the idea that the technologies we're creating today are a stepping stone to activating them from within, in the future. That we are made of electromagnetic currents, and have yet to use our built-in abilities to gather data about the world around us. That in the age of aquarius, we may drop our cell phones for telepathic communication, and like the whales, be able to send and receive messages through unseen currents.

• Neptune/Uranus and Whale Frequencies

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Daniel Pinchbeck is often billed as a "2012 expert," but he prefers to think of himself as a "generalist, journalist, and freelance philosopher." I've had the random chance to dine with him, and he's a thoughtful, incredibly smart (Gemini Sun) who I see as a translator of culture. He's part of the Pluto-Uranus conjunct in Virgo generation (late 60s), and I see a purposeful humility that I resonate with in his style. He's here to help translate the social revolution, or Next Age, through his many books and awesome site Reality Sandwich.

So right now, with the big movie, the culture at large is fascinated by the 2012 phenomenon. Daniel writes about the surreal experience of hearing his thoughts translated to sound bites by showbiz reporters. It gets even more bizarre, as some see Daniel parodied in the role of crazy conspiracy guy in the movie 2012. From the New York Times movie review of 2012: "Though not much is made of the Mayan angle, the most amusing character, a doomsday prophet and radio broadcaster played by Woody Harrelson, seems in hair, beard and interests to have been drawn along the predictive lines of the real author Daniel Pinchbeck (2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl)."

Here again, someone sees what they want to see....a doomsday prophet. If you've read or listened to his work, you'll know how ridiculous that comparison is. Daniel is smarter and more nuanced than that, as a synthesizer of paradoxes. In an recent article called, After Disaster, he writes, "Despite the intensifying evolutionary pressures we face and the telescoped timeframe in which progress and change now occurs, we remain a half-awake, half-conscious species." He writes that our saving grace lies in somehow harnessing the immense energies of the psychic plane, and unifying our intention toward a better future.

True to mercurial form, in seeing the other side, he ends the article, saying, "An ever-growing segment of humanity is becoming conscious of the culture of domination that has degraded the biosphere, annihilated local cultures, and locked us in a prison of constricted awareness." His article gives the insider's view of the 2012 hoopla, from someone walking the red carpet for the film. And how the blockbuster 2012 is just a projected image of the possible future, one that we're all creating as we go.

Daniel Pinchbeck is a speaker at the Prophet's Conference: 2012, the Tipping Point in Cancun, Mexico from January 22 to 24th, with a Mayan Site Expedition from the 25th to the 28th. I have to admit, I am trying to work some magic to get to go to this conference! The speakers include Christine Page, John Major Jenkins, Jose Arguelles, and many more.

• Media, Movies and 2012: Getting Past the Big Lie by John Major Jenkins

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It's a restless, action-oriented Half Moon in Virgo today, making a propulsive square to the on-the-go Sagittarius Sun. This brings together busy mutable energies at the waning Moon. These two signs are a meeting of the broadest vision (Sagittarius), with a focus on the practical minutia (Virgo). It reminds me of packing for a trip, when you've got to take special care with your "to-do" list, even as you're breathless about your travels.

In her daily tip, Stephanie Gailing of Planetary Apothecary writes about this Moon-Sun square from a Buddhist perspective. That when we gain Sagittarian knowledge that widens our world, we bring that to our daily life (Virgo). It makes the same old chores richer. We find the beauty in the small. She writes, "So today, see how you can find significance in everything you do and how each moment can truly lead to understanding, self-awareness, and a greater sense of enlightenment. Even the laundry."

Some possible "things to do":

• Take books back to the library.
• Catch up on long-distance correspondence.
• Take a yoga class.
• Actively de-clutter and clean.
• Shop for hand-made gifts.
• Make your own gifts.
• Go for a vigorous walk or run.
• Tend to your pets.

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