Spring has been relatively late in arriving this year and we are now being treated to an extra glorious beginning to the month of May, as the whole of nature bursts forth into abundant and vibrant new life. May is always one of our favourite months of the year, marking as it does the end of the winter half of the year and the beginning of summer in the northern hemisphere. The Celtic fire festival of Beltane celebrated on May 1st is the traditional way of welcoming the returning light of the sun and honouring the new cycle of fertility just beginning in this part of the world. Hawthorn blossom, also called May blossom because of its abundant glory during the month of May, has long been a potent symbol of the beginning of this new cycle, and represents the power of the feminine goddess to bring forward the gifts of purity, growth & renewal.

May Energetics

The prevailing energetic influence for the month of May each year comes to us from the constellation of Taurus, the bull. Spiritually Taurus represents the principle of illumination, and radiates the penetrating light of divine will to enlighten the physical world. This month we can expect the energy of Taurus to highlight those areas of our lives where attachment and desire keep us too focussed in the material world. In other words those areas that require enlightening to allow divine will to be expressed more fully.

May is also associated with the Buddha, the great eastern spiritual master who is said to have been born, achieved enlightenment and died under the influence of the sign of Taurus. It is therefore no coincidence that the second great spiritual festival of the year, the Festival of Wesak is celebrated at the full moon when the sun is in Taurus, which this year is on April 28th. The Buddha is the expression of the Wisdom of God, the embodiment of light and the indicator of divine purpose. At the time of the Wesak Festival each year He joins forces with the Christ the great spiritual master who is the expression of the Love of God to pour forth the blessings of the second Ray of Love and Wisdom to all of humanity who are open to receive these powerful energies.

Planetary Service

As we contemplate the importance of the Festival of Wesak it is humbling to recognise the magnitude of the service that the great masters of light offer to humanity. With focus and dedication they consistently offer us, their less awake brothers and sisters, the blessing and support of their love and higher consciousness. Each year the magnificence of the Wesak blessings are available to all of us, however we only receive them in their richness and fullness through our own willingness to serve as intermediaries between those great beings of light and the physical world in which we live. So in the quietness of our hearts this month let each one of us choose to reach out in our consciousness to receive and radiate the blessings so generously offered at this special time. We will be aided in this process of inner connection by Mercury, which is retrograde in Taurus until May 11th. Disruptive as this energy can be in the world of outer communications it will nevertheless greatly enhance our ability to reflect into our inner world.

See also:- Essence Suggestions for May

Happy New Year and welcome to the January edition of Elight. 2010 has certainly opened on a wintry note, at least for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere where we are experiencing some of the lowest temperatures and the greatest accumulations of snow that we have had for a very long time. We were reflecting the other day how being in the midst of this great freeze is rather like being held in suspended animation. Everything tends to slow down and we get the opportunity to examine the details of life to a greater extent than would be the case normally. In other words another opportunity for enhanced introspection!

January Energetics

The theme of inner introspection will be an important one for all of us during the first two weeks of January this year. The powerful energies of the last full moon of 2009 on December 31st instigated a period of inner introspection and self-examination that is currently offering us the opportunity to get clarity on our focus and intention for the coming year before the first new moon of 2010 on January 15th.

To us it feels that 2010 will be a year of new choices and opportunities and that it is therefore particularly important that we each use this time to feel into our hearts and discover the direction and focus that our soul wishes us to take over the coming year. We will be greatly assisted in this process by a period of retrograde Mercury, which began on December 26th and will continue until Mercury goes direct again on January 15th. While such periods can have a disruptive effect in the outer world of communications they also greatly enhance our ability for introspection and inner communication. There is always a silver lining to all apparently black clouds!

The combination of the new moon and solar eclipse on January 15th will provide us with a particularly powerful moment in which to sow the seeds of our new focus and intention for the coming year. It will be a wonderful moment to set a vibrational alignment that will help to bring towards us all that we will need in order to accomplish what we have so carefully chosen.

Vibrational Alignment

The correct vibrational alignment is crucial in the manifestation of any intention or goal since it is our personal vibrational frequency that calls forth the creative forces of the Universe and determines what we can and cannot manifest at any given moment. We were reflecting on this the other day and recognising that lack of real understanding about this is still the source of much frustration for many people. There are two issues that seem important to mention here. One is the need for recognition of the power that our unconscious patterning can have to over ride positive goals and intentions. The other is the need for conscious alignment with the purpose that our soul holds for us in each incarnation.

These first two weeks of January offer us all a wonderful opportunity to examine carefully whether we are actually vibrationally aligned with the focus and intention that we have set ourselves for the year ahead. Take some time to feel into your heart and to really connect with the promptings coming from your soul. As you do this allow the feeling of what it will be like to create this in your life to come forward as strongly as you can. In this way you are creating a vibrational alignment with what you are calling forth. Keep energising this feeling every day, pulling yourself more and more into alignment with what you wish to manifest. This process will also trigger any unconscious patterns that you hold, such as fear, doubt or lack of confidence, that are vibrationally not in alignment with your focus and intention for the year. It is important to accept and own these old emotions and beliefs because they all represent fragmented aspects of yourself that require healing in order for the vibrational alignment with your manifestation to be secure.

See also Essence Suggestions for January