Mystic Astrologers' Blog

Speedy October 1, 2010

I recently did a road trip with a friend who wanted to explore the Earthships in an off the grid community located near Taos, New Mexico. http://earthship.com/communities/the-greater-world-earthship-community Along the way, we listened to one of my favorite Buddhist teachers, Pema Chodron http://pemachodronfoundation.org/ speaking on the root of happiness.

So there we,  going 80 mph down the Interstate.  (The speed limit in Colorado is 75 mph on many stretches of the Interstate, so 80 miles is the average speed.)  From the CD, I hear her say something about being present even when you feel “speedy, things speeding up.”  And I note this.  And think, yes, things seem to be speeding up lately.  And not just the cars passing me at 85+ mph.

At least that is how it feels to me.  And I think a lot of my friends are feeling this way too.  There doesn’t seem to be enough hours in the day to do all we need, want, wish, think we should do.  It is as if,  during this summer of intense cardinal energy, we were holding our breath, waiting for something to happen.  And then fall arrived, and things REALLY started moving

The inbox is overflowing with emails.  Everyone seems to call at the same time or you can’t reach anyone because they are so busy.  Schedules are filled to the brim with activities, classes, work, socializing.  (There are three astrological conferences happening the same week of October alone!).   Perhaps this happens every autumn and I am just noticing it more this year.  I have enough Gemini energy in my chart to think that I can juggle two (or more) things at once. Recently, even my Mercury and Venus in Gemini are crying “uncle”.

Every day this week, I’ve planned to write a post for this blog  And every day this week, my days were filled with classes and appointments and visits from friends and calls from family and catching up on email and a myriad of other things, many already forgotten. So the  intention to write was pushed further down the “to do” list.  Tonight, once I post this entry, even though there are at least a dozen things I can do, I’ll probably go to bed.   Or maybe not.          -  Geri Bellino