Astrology, Crystals and Transformation

This year is perhaps most strongly colored by the oppositions of Saturn in Leo and Neptune in Aquarius, and the continuing transit of Pluto over the galactic center at 26+ Sagittarius. These configurations are having profound effects in many areas of life, including spirituality and belief systems, the environment, and politics. One of the best of these is exposing the pervasive rot at the core of what passes for government in many parts of the world.

We are offered endless opportunities for growth and transformation, allowing doubt, fear, and limitation to be dissolved away by the inflowing waters of love, peace, and harmony. Each of us is charged with the responsibility of creating a strong container for the outpouring of universal forces. As we drink deeply, allowing forgiveness and compassion to come forth, the veils of illusion and self-deception lift, and the clarity of the Light shines forth. We emerge anew into the marketplace of everyday affairs, ready to serve our fellow beings in truth and oneness.

Through the trials and tribulations of terrestrial existence we learn lessons of patience, perseverance, timing, and humility, and begin to make slow but steady progress along the spiritual path. We fulfill our karma by going through it, by accepting the many transformational opportunities that come our way. The pain of new birth releases past suffering, expands awareness, and allows the flame of indwelling Spirit to burn ever-brighter.

The process of spiritual unfoldment is often trying and difficult, testing personal resolve and will. Yet we are given many tools to assist us such as intelligence and discernment, intuitive knowing, faith, resilience, meditation and contemplation, relationships, astrology, and crystals. Each has an important part to play in the drama of awakening, and certain ones speak more strongly to some than others. Crystals are particularly helpful, having uses and qualities that encompass a broad range of growth-oriented activities.

The crystal kingdom, astrologically speaking, comes under the aegis of Saturn, and is linked with Pluto as well. It is the energies and lessons of these two planets, together with Uranus and Neptune, that primarily govern spiritual unfoldment. As we learn to overcome fear and negativity through confrontations with the Shadow, we emerge from the tunnel of ignorance and short-sightedness into an arena filled with wider perspectives and awareness. Light pierces the veil, and truth is revealed.

Crystals are pure light coalesced into form through the actions of heat and pressure. What an exquisite image of the spiritual journey! With helical matrices and myriad forms, ability to replicate themselves, store knowledge and information, balance and harmonize forces and radiate them forth, they are wonderful mirrors for the human experience. And at this time of great crisis and change, they are able to act as transmitters of new levels of understanding and knowledge that can help us, individually and collectively, to heal ourselves and our planet.

In my own work with crystals, I have been able to tap into rich and multi-layered dimensions. Information about aspects of the Ageless Wisdom, healing arts, ancient civilizations, and the supersensible realms has sought emergence. Although my limited ability to understand and channel the forces has slowed the process of transformation subtly taking place through these contacts, the growth has been enormous.

By locating them in various places in my home and land, and using them in meditation and with clients in counseling and healing sessions, my sensitivity to their energies and qualities has gradually increased. The steady effects upon my consciousness and ability to manifest Spirit in daily life have been exciting and fulfilling.

For example, crystals placed strategically around the living environment have cleansed the energy field, diminishing negative and disharmonious elements, bringing feelings of joy and upliftment. Meditating with them has altered electro-magnetic currents and caused cathartic release of long pent-up emotions, with subsequent and lasting feelings of calm and inner peace. Different crystals, even those of the same type, have had very dissimilar effects. People often respond differently to each one, and my own experience varies depending upon mental and emotional states.

Interestingly, as the crystals closest to the surface have been mined and operations take place at lower levels, new varieties have been appearing. Perhaps the most important of these discoveries are elestial crystals, or skeletal quartz. Found mainly in Brazil, smoky in color and double-terminated, they are unique in having labyrinthine and sometimes water-filled chambers, and mysterious hieroglyphic etchings. They are incredibly powerful, and have the ability to transport one into the depths of beingness and the Earth, stripping away outworn patterns of thinking and feeling. They are an excellent means of attuning one's vibrations more fully to the levels of consciousness seeking emergence at this time.

But the most important aspect of working with crystals is one's own experience. Only through personal contact, over a period of time, can the fullness of this realm and the changes in awareness and ways of being become apparent.