Waiting for the Miracle

It's a few more days until the Uranus/Pluto second hit. Strange vibes affecting numerous people internationally. It's like hearing the ominous beginning to Leonard Cohen's "Waiting for the Miracle".

A bird flew into my house yesterday afternoon, setting the dogs off, seconds after I had told my friend on the phone that I had woken up with "something's not right" on my lips. I pray for a more peaceful square this rounds than what happened on June 24th (for me, a car accident that I thankfully walked away from). Uranus will be at 6 degrees Aries, with Pluto at 6 degress Capricorn. The Sun (Libra), Mercury (Libra), and Chiron (Pisces) also get into the act as September winds up. In Orisha-speak, Oya (Uranus) and Ogun (Pluto) are at it again, wreaking havoc and literally squaring off.

Interestingly these two are the tutelary Orichas for 2012 according to the Letra del Ano out of Habana, Cuba http://proyecto-orunmila.org/letra-del-ano-la-letra-del-ano/cuba/comision-organizadora-de-la-letra-del-ano-miguel-febles-padron/la-letra-del-ano-2012-letra-del-ano-2012. The Letra del Ano in an annual event, a mass Ifa divination session held by several babalawos that takes place December 31 in Habana each year, pronosticating for the new year to come. It is a reading anxiously awaited not only by Cubans at home and abroad, but also by thousands of initiates and followers of Cuban Oricha and Ifa houses. Ifa don't lie. 2012 sets off the first of five squares of these two planets/Orichas, and Ifa was on the money.

Well, what to do? Keep your head down. Don't go out in thunderstorms (lightning = Oya). Be reeaaallllyyyyy careful driving, or better yet, take public transit (Ogun = road accidents). Do not  I repeat do not get into quarrels with anyone, especially if three people are involved, or it is some sort of triangle, or one of the persons (or more)wears a uniform (Ogun). Ogun rules guns, knives, cutlasses...you get the picture. God of Iron and all that. Take good care of your dogs (Ogun) - they are vulnerable to accidents (Oya) under this energy.Beware of tropical storms, high winds, tornadoes, hurricanes....Oya rules high winds, so if you feel the breeze picking up, seek shelter!

The Oya/Ogun square is a good time to harness the energy necessary to make the radical change in your life that you know you need to do. If you're thinking of uprooting your life, moving across country and starting anew / a new life, this is the time to research, plan, job (Ogun) search on the net (Oya). If you want to build (Ogun) something, open yourself up to the flashes of insight (Oya) that will bring this into being. This is strong warrior energy, so relationships may take a blow, especially as it is also strongly individualistic energy. Although you may feel like turning your back on civilization and disappearing into the bush like Ogun is said to have done, remember that there are people who depend on you even in the smallest way, and that no man is an island. Let's weather this storm together.