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Tips for Intense Times

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Dance with the Shadow
Tips for Intense Times

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"Every moment of light and dark is a miracle." Walt Whitman

We're entering a time when the heat and stress of the Uranus-Pluto square (June 6th to July 10th) squeezes what's buried or denied to the surface. Everyone it seems, is going through their own personal apocalypse, or unveiling.

These unloved or wounded parts of the self can be integrated now. It's a time when we could see more extreme behavior, as people are overwhelmed by their own shadow. Besides the astrological tensions, there are big squeeze type effects from the solar maximum (a ten year cycle, now at a peak).

That makes this a time of being alert, and looking for ways to channel intensity into your creations. A square is provocative, catalytic and agitating. Knowing your own psyche allows you to keep from acting on its promptings unconsciously. There's never been a more critical time to "Know Thyself."

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