Karmic Astrology With Carol

Note: In April I’ll be resuming Karmic Astrology readings – a blending of my psychic channelling with the deep patterns of your birth chart! You’ll be getting your birth chart, aspects, and my personal karmic analysis of key patterns in your life in an emailed package, with a follow-up phone call of 1 hour, where we can go over any questions you may have. The cost will be $145.00, prepaid by money order. Later work can be done with a Current Transits Chart or Progressed Chart, building on what we know from your birth chart.

If you think you would like to have this fascinating work done, you can email me at aquarianreflections@inbox.com and I’ll put you on the “Interested” list for April!

On Seth * Frameworks 1 and 2

The Seth Series: In the coming weeks I will be posting a series on Jane Roberts, the channel of Seth, including Jane’s birth chart and my analysis, along with some less common perspectives on Jane, her life, and the Seth Material…

Mass Death and Other Group Events
In my previous post, I talked of “Mass Death” that I have foreseen in coming times, and of death as a release and open door for individual human beings. Each of us benefits from time spent contemplating death from various points of view. With practice, one gradually learns how to do that, and to prepare, without fear.

But what about when death comes to dozens, hundreds, thousands, even millions, in a single time-place event? What about Haiti and its massive earthquake? Indeed, what about other mass disasters or group transformations such as migration, war, famine, the collapse of a civilization? Mass death comes in many forms and, according to Seth, these events are no more random or accidental, much less meaningless, than is the death of a single individual.

Here is Seth, discussing the origin and purpose of mass events such as death (with a portrait of Seth done by Jane’s artist husband Robert, which Seth said was quite a good likeness!):

“We will call the world, as you physically experience it, Framework 1. In Framework 1, you watch television programs, for example. You have your choice of many channels….You follow certain scenes or actors….You watch all of these dramas, hardly understanding how it is that they appear on your screen to begin with ….Even the actors themselves, taking part in such sagas, have but the remotest idea of the events that are involved in order that their own images will appear on your television screen….Now somewhere there is a program director, who must take care of the entire programming…Let us imagine that physical events occur in the same fashion — that you choose those which flash upon the screen of your experience…..As you do not know what happens in the television studio before you observe a program…so you do not know what happens in the creative framework of reality before you experience physical events. We will call that vast unconscious mental and universal studio Framework 2…

“Actors visit casting agencies so that they know what plays need their services. In your dreams you visit casting agencies. You are aware of the various plays being considered for physical production. In the dream state, then, often you familiarize yourself with dramas that are of a probable nature. If enough interest is shown, if enough actors apply, if enough resources are accumulated, the play will go on. When you are in other than your normally conscious state, you visit that creative inner agency in which all physical productions must have their beginning. You meet with others, who for their own reasons are interested in the same kind of drama. Following our analogy, the technicians, the actors, the writers all assemble — only in this case the result will be a live event rather than a televised one. There are disaster films being planned, educational programs, religious dramas. All of these will be encountered in full-blown physical reality. Such events occur as a result of individual beliefs, desires, and intents.
There is no such thing as a chance encounter. No death occurs by chance, nor any birth.

“In the creative atmosphere of Framework 2, intents are known. In a manner of speaking, no act is private. Your communication systems bring to your living room notices of events that occur throughout the world. Yet that larger inner system of communications is far more powerful in scope, and each mental act is imprinted in the multidimensional screen of Framework 2. That screen is available to All, and in other levels of consciousness, particularly sleep and dreaming stages, the events of that inner reality are ever-present and easily accessible as physical events when you are awake.

“It is as if Framework 2 contains an infinite information service, that instantly puts you in contact with whatever knowledge you require, that sets up circuits between you and others, that computes probabilities with blinding speed. Not with the impersonality of a computer, however, but with a loving intent that has your best purposes in mind—yours and also those of each other individual. You cannot gain what you want at someone else’s detriment, then. You cannot use Framework 2 to force an event upon another person. Certain prerequisites must be met, you see, before a desired end can become physically experienced….

“…Framework 2 represents the inner sphere of reality, the inner dimensions of existence, that gives your world its own characteristics. The energy and power that keeps you alive, that fuels your thoughts — and also the energy that lights your cities — all have their origins in Framework 2. The same energy that leaps into practical use when you turn on your television sets also allows you to tune into the daily experienced events of your lives….

“The origin of your universe is nonphysical, and each event, however grand or minute, has its birth in the Framework 2 environment. Your physical universe arose from that inner framework, then, and continues to do so. The power that fuels your thoughts has the same source. In a manner of speaking the universe as you understand it, with All the events that it includes, functions “automatically” in its important processes, as your body does. Your individual desires and intents direct that activity of your body’s spontaneous processes….Your intents have a great effect upon your body’s health. In the same fashion, jointly, all the people alive at any given time “direct” the events of the universe to behave in a certain fashion, even though the processes must happen by themselves, or automatically. Other species have a hand in this also, however, and in one way or another all of you direct the activity of the physical body of the world in much the same way that you (each) direct your own bodily behavior.

“You were born with the impetus toward growth built in — automatically provided with the inner blueprints that would lead to a developed adult form. Not only the cells, but the atoms and the molecules that compose them contained a positive intent to cooperate in a bodily formation, to fulfill themselves, and they were then predisposed not only toward survival, but with an idealization leading toward the best possible development and maturity. All of these characteristics have their sources in Framework 2, for the psychological medium in Framework 2 is automatically conducive to creativity. It is not simply a neutral dimension, therefore, but contains within itself an automatic predisposition toward the fulfillment of all patterns inherent in it….It is automatically predisposed, again, toward the creation of “good” events. I put the word “good” in quotes for now, because of your misconceptions about the nature of good and evil….”

From Jane Roberts/Seth, The Individual and the Nature of Mass Events

Mass Death in the Coming Times

From time to time in the history of the world mass death has swept the planet. We read about the Black Plague, hear about the Great Influenza Epidemic of 1918, and wonder vaguely what it must have been like. I have Pluto in my 11th house, and for those of you who are interested in Karmic Astrology, that placement indicates many past lives dealing with mass death at a grass roots level, rather than, say, between armies in war. The 11th house in the Natural Zodiac is the house of my sign, Aquarius, whose concerns tend to be for the many, rather than for the one or the few.

For those reasons perhaps, my private spiritual work and longterm predictions in readings have often focused on the idea of Mass Death, with the Rider silently sweeping through whole populations, leaving great gaps in our living family of humanity. This may mean that a major flu epidemic is indeed coming; it may mean that there will be more and more natural disasters of which Haiti’s massive earthquake and loss of life is the most dramatic sign – and warning. It may mean new wars involving genocide on a scale not seen for a long time…though we have been seeing “rehearsals” of all these themes in the past 2 decades and my readings first began to outline these coming world events in 1986.

But the scale is vast, with events occurring in interconnecting, world-changing patterns not known to us in recent times. The Death I have seen involves large geographical areas, and – perhaps – whole peoples. It will come from unprecedented and unexpected upheavals – political and climatic – forming now in the Mists of Time.

Yet, in these pictures, I am also shown something beautiful. As I see the Angel of Death visiting around the nations, She is not a dark, fearsome stranger, come to wreak malice and pain upon the world. Rather, I see the Light behind Her, flowing from a Temple in the Clouds. I see uncountable doors gently swinging open, and below, it is as if Someone is opening the doors of millions of cages, saying “Go Free!” And then, the souls are winging their way toward those heavenly doors, one for each precious Soul…

As I watch these scenes, I become aware – once again – that for so many millions of us here on earth, the way is long, hard, and lonely. This is true whether one is dealing with intractable poverty, war, illness or abuse on any level. It is equally true for those who suffer from existential pain, unbearable loss, or the anxieties of personal identity.

For many, the time here is meant to be short, for they have chosen only to taste Earth Life briefly, perhaps to create karmic footprints – a toehold in the physical world – to which they will return for a longer journey when ready. For others, the balancing of karma through experiencing harsh conditions need not be lengthy. The lesson is learned, and the soul is free to go.

Whether our spiritual faith comes from traditional religions or from other pathways of spiritual awakening, we all know this earth is only a temporary abode. For many, it may be the “hell” or “purgatory” spoken of by formal religions, or the “karmic outcome” explained in Perennial Wisdom teachings. Either way, we are taught, and should remember even now, as our hearts break for Haiti, that Death is the great release, the merciful doorway that leads Home. Just as many have sought earthly experience to grow, so there are many who are now ready, and oh, so willing, deep down, to leave. Mass Death reminds us that, within the Great Laws that cradle us in love, Death plays a kindly role in the long journey of the Soul.

© Carol Leigh Rice 2010

Doing Time

We are all aware of those who serve their time in prison. Having broken the laws of the land, they are visibly set apart from the community by their time behind walls. What is not so obvious is the way each of us is serving our time – for deeds in this and other lives – in what we may call community or private service. From time to time, we find ourselves sentenced, as it were, to various life settings which do not seem to be fulfilling or part of our Plan. In health, work, relationships, or career, we feel frustration, enduring conditions that seem far from the bright and shining goals we have set for ourselves. Yet this is all part of the Plan too, for in these quiet ways, we work humbly to balance the Law of Karma in our lives, in a manner known only to our inner Selves and to our Maker. For through some grace, earned we remember not where or when, we are serving this time without the spotlight’s glare on our former deeds. So let us rejoice in these times, and give thanks for the great mercy of the Law, and of the Creator, who saw the sparrow fall.

©Carol Leigh Rice 2009

So Many Lives * Still Here on Earth

On the Road Again
In my New Year’s Day post, I talked about psychic windows opening in 2010 for resolution of old karmic patterns. And since this kind of resolution will require attunement to special times and seasons, meditating for sensitive attunement will be key.

When I meditate, I like to remind myself why I am here – still here – on Earth. So here is a poem by John Masefield to start off this remarkable year of 2010. It was one of my mother’s favorites – I still have the copy she typed out for me on her old portable Royal typewriter. It was on that typewriter, many years earlier at Hillshore, that she had transcribed from tapes the psychic “sittings” she and my father held with the British couple…

I have chosen the Great Wall of China, through a window, as it reminds me that we take the Road not alone, but with the vast surging crowd of humanity. Our journey is public, as well as private. And it is a long, arduous journey, a great labor of duty and commitment, as well as of exploration and growth. So many tired feet, as well as curious feet, have crossed the Great Wall of China, and so many “former lives” lie buried, within its stone foundations…

A Creed

I hold that when a person dies
His soul returns again to earth;
Arrayed in some new flesh-disguise
Another mother gives him birth.
With sturdier limbs and brighter brain
The old soul takes the road again.

Such is my own belief and trust;
This hand, this hand that holds the pen,
Has many a hundred times been dust
And turned, as dust, to dust again;
These eyes of mine have blinked and shown
In Thebes, in Troy, in Babylon.
All that I rightly think or do,
Or make, or spoil, or bless, or blast,
Is curse or blessing justly due
For sloth or effort in the past.

My life’s a statement of the sum
I know that in my lives to be
My sorry heart will ache and burn,
And worship, unavailingly,
The woman whom I used to spurn,
And shake to see another have
The love I spurned, the love she gave.

And I shall know, in angry words,
In gibes, and mocks, and many a tear,
A carrion flock of homing-birds,
The gibes and scorns I uttered here.
The brave word that I failed to speak
Will brand me dastard on the cheek.

And as I wander on the roads
I shall be helped and healed and blessed;
Dear words shall cheer and be as goads
To urge to heights before unguessed.

My road shall be the road I made;
All that I gave shall be repaid.
So shall I fight, so shall I tread,
In this long war beneath the stars;
So shall a glory wreathe my head,

So shall I faint and show the scars,
Until this case, this clogging mould,
Be smithied all to kingly gold.

Poem By John Masefield

Psychic Windows * Karmic Resolution in 2010

Each New Year, I am “given” a word, which is both a theme for the coming year and a guide to action whose time has come. For 2010, the word is Resolution. An old, well-used word for New Year, but in 2010, it will manifest in a most remarkable way in each of our lives.

Psychic Windows
Within the Great Path of our many lives, each New Year opens up as a smaller Path. And within each smaller Path, in certain times and seasons, psychic Windows will open. Through these mystical openings greater clarity of vision, new energies, and new possibilities flow into our lives. The coming year, 2010, is a Time and Season when psychic Windows will open for each of us, as well as for families and for nations in this troubled world.

Karmic Opening
The energy which flows through a psychic Window will vary with the seasons. In 2010, the season is presented to me as one of karmic opening, when it becomes easier to see clearly and to enter within the energy of an old karmic pattern. At certain key times within this Season, we will be given fresh vision, understanding and strength of will in order to bring old karmic pattern to the desired ending – this will be Resolution.

The energy flowing through the psychic Windows of 2010 will thus embrace the two meanings of the word resolution: first, to make a strong commitment to something, and second, to bring to a close, with satisfaction on all sides, a troubling, energy-consuming issue. It will take the first kind of resolution to achieve the second kind, so we will have to do our part, and match a sense of voluntary commitment to the opening that appears before us.

The recognition of the “moment, or Time, within the Season” when these 2 meanings flow together will require a preliminary smaller moment or Time of cultivation. We need to prepare ourselves to recognize the psychic windows of resolution in 2010, and the situation to which the energy of resolution is attracted in our lives.