This is what came through to me to share for this month… it starts off a bit dramatically, but there are gems and wonderful opportunities within our personal dramas!

Shockwaves on different levels, and seismic shifts, both literal and metaphorical, especially around the total solar eclipse on the 8th. Warring factions and the dark side of humanity seems to intensify with the eclipse shadow — how much more destructive can humans be?

Yet all these phenomena bring things to light, bring issues to the surface. On a deeper level it’s a catharsis, if we let the process work through us, and don’t hold onto fear or anger or grief. The shock factor is for our highest good, to galvanise people out of their dream state and make positive, constructive personal choices.

The more aware, present and honest you can be with yourself, the less shaken (caught unawares) you will be.

Big creative potentials opening up — available as and when you’re in alignment — with yourself, nature and the highest good. Selfish endeavours are harder to maintain — you can force them but they will exhaust you and not lead to fulfilment.

Standing by your highest values:, such as truth, kindness, warmth and grace. And giving space for quiet moments amid the hive of activity.

“Right and wrong” polarisation is heightened this month. Trust yourself first. There’s an increased need (an ongoing theme) of questioning or filtering the voices of outside authorities. You know best for yourself. You may find yourself reacting against anyone who is forcefully projecting their beliefs on others, even if you used to go with the flow and were happy to take others’ lead. Even a bossy yoga teacher may trigger you!

Warring factions continue to ramp up their hostilities as they play out the death throes of old wounds and power-obsessed patriarchal roles, territorial games. Many personal sacrifices are made and this process sheds a strong light on the absurdity of victim-perpetrator roles as they play out in ever more extreme and crass ways.

Now the healing begins

Beneath all this, a wave of peace and collaboration — of humans across the planet energetically holding hands — begins to tip the balance away from the outer chaotic, harsh experience: many more people actively choose peace and peaceful approaches in the face of the horrors. This is the deeper purpose of the horrors. There’s a lot of damage to repair. damage to the environment and humans, and many other beings… and to ourselves.

Now the healing begins, even as people lie wounded — physically or psychologically from all they’ve been through.

On the floor? Exhaustion is part of the surrender process, it’s what we’ve come here to learn on a visceral level: “I surrender to what is”, rather than resisting and fighting. This changes everything! This is the awakening to peace and humility many others too have been talking about.

Do you want to step into your higher self’s frequency, let it be your guide to decisions? No more locking horns with your ego, if you choose. The Arian ram’s way (patriarchy) or the ewe — the feminine collaborative, peaceable, nurturing way.

Following becomes a powerful way to lead. In Taoism, leaders are chosen from among the followers; only these humans have the necessary humility and modesty, as they are not seeking power. They never lead from an arrogant, megalomaniac, egotistical position. The Dalai Lama embodies this.

Forgiveness and the Christ light are as powerful — more so — than the dark forces of war-mongering and hate playing out. Find forgiveness in your personal lives, in your heart, for yourselves most of all, and this will transform your experience of the outer world… and how your relationships unfold. What is forgiveness in this context? Acceptance and compassion for all, for everyone, wherever they’re at, both ‘perpetrators’ and ‘victims’. This dissolves the polarity. This and love, of course.

Can you put things in order this month, give space to your priorities? Do what you need to do to look after yourself, to stay steady and balanced, then tend to others — or your creativity or passions… as much as you can, expand into that heightened frequency of loving, energised creativity. This again counterbalances the old traumas surfacing from deep within Earth… What you focus on not only grows but transmutes the energies and realities around it! This is how things really manifest.

Do you really want to engender more negativity, anger, fear, doubt? What helps you harmonise and balance? Can you move from frustration to compassion and kindness? Can you help someone you wouldn’t have helped before? Send out olive branches, extend a hand, encourage and smile at someone? These are our challenges now.

Very bright sunlight: a certain amount of awe and reverence are healthy. Be in alignment with spring and nature. What areas of growth and creativity need attention and tending in your life?

The stillness of a cat… a sphinx, observing, witnessing, being… counteracts all the activity, helps you separate from others’ mania/hysteria/overstimulation. Watch what overstimulates you. And turn to what calms you whenever you need to.

Relationships are still under the microscope, and your work, purpose and personal health. In with the new, wherever there is a stalemate or stuck energies. These are another aspect of the shocks, changes, global transformations: What needs to change in your life? What or whom do you need to gently, respectfully walk away from, in the spirit of gratitude and understanding that that path or relationship is no longer for you?

Don’t bury your head in the sand — you’ll be covered by the sandstorms/new dunes forming and find it much harder to get out if you do! All of life is in a grain of sand. There are infinite possibilities, timelines, now: no need to stay stuck. So much energy is moving through us each day, it’s actually hard to stay stagnant. Another nudge towards manifesting what you believe in.

And lastly: be kind and gentle with yourself. The first battlefield is always within us (from early conditioning, criticism and repression), with self-criticism and judgment — a feeling of lack and discontent. Can you truly step into your power by letting the waves of energies move through you and mould your life in whatever ways they want? Synchronicities, chance encounters, seeds and winds of change…

The extreme weather, eclipses, powerful planetary alignments, geomagnetic shifts, solar flares, all invite us to accept change, let go of old routines, allow new ones in; new ideas, beliefs, dreams, people, creative urges, health beliefs (“I trust my body to heal itself, with my loving attention and intention!”). These are all possible, great potentials now. Why not give them a try? Experiencing surfing the waves will take you on a whole new journey now. It’s time to explore and release your old self and belief systems! Can you be the innocent, playful child? All is new.

…So much came through for this month — it looks like it’s going to be an intense one, and I wish you luck and courage!

With thanks and love

Saffron

7th April 2024

Ps, By the time I’ve finished and posted this, New York has had a rare earthquake, and Taiwan, and I’ve already heard lots of personal stories of people going through dramatic changes and experiences. This month started as it means to go on!