Well something is transforming, but gosh it's easy!! I've been "hammered" for a long, long time & done it the hard way for what seems like forever, so maybe this bit is just crystallizing all the good stuff (love) I've been forming on the inside! Anyway, thanks universe, this influence is properly magic & cosmic for me. (March 17th)

Steve, I'm none of the above four signs .... but all my angles are in the early cardinal signs (ie a grand cross +1 deg)plus I'm having a pluto transit (hopefully on its way out) across my ic (since obviously Pluto entered Capricorn in Jan 2008 and yes the period of change I'm in kinda began rather precisely around the Pluto entry into Cap!) I'm exhausted (beyond really), can't see the end but not without hope - because I can see the changes happening within me and those around me. Its not going fast enough (but that's Pluto for you!) but really, really want to be out the other side. What's interesting is that I'm finally finding a voice in certain matters and people are starting to listen... Got another 'battle' to fight this afternoon... Am finding that Astrology works when looking back - I think 93 was round about the peak / waning phase of my saturn return but not sure about that... Mx

yo Ella! Here's a body with stuff in early Cap. Learning a lot, to put it mildly. Assimilation, integration. How does that saying go? "a dwarf standing on the shoulders of giants?" peace, thanks, bobbi

Perhaps that's what I'm doing then? Can't think I've actually got something right for a change. Yes things are changing, but not as much as I'd been expecting. Is that because I'm trying to keep focussed and still aiming for my goals? OK, when I look at everything objectively then yes things are changing, but it seems to be 'external' things not directly to do with me. Not everything is going right either, but all the 'problems' are only slight deviations along the way, and can and are being corrected. And none of the problems directly affect me on a day-to-day basis. There are certainly opportunities coming up, but most of them I'm sidestepping due to both not having enough time to get involved, and because I'm not sure of them at this stage. So maybe potential changes are around, not real active ones. Ron (M19)

eerrrr....Steve,I think you can stretch the hammering into the early Aries already! Would dread to think that it can get any worse... but then again, given the current climate it seems that it will... because at 55 years old unemployed, I think the LibCon coalition has just sealed my chances to get back to work.... in the next 5 years they are going to create a NEW LAYER of 'structural unemployment' from public sector workers laid off... because people do not transfer that easily from one sector to another (!!) .. dream on.. and the private sector is unlikely to create the jobs (other than part-time and low paid) that are being relied on in government projections.. this is VERY BAD... My concern is that the end of Capitalism that you are announcing, is going to first create a downward spiral into more poverty.... and desperation.... BEFORE people start understanding what is going on here properly .. The uniqueness of this historical moment, and the fact that they have to come out and unite to take control over their future. A generation of young people coming through now will suffer greatly at least, and those like me, will just dwindle on until retirement.. though obviously I will try hard to find a way.. but political activist may be the only path that will remain clear for me.... because we are going to have to do something about this.

A thought crossed my mind... what about the whole generation across the world that is being born (now)under the auspices of a T Square / Grand Cross climate???

Wow! I want to repond to this post a couple up from mine here where the person poses sucha bleak picture! I may be the eternal optimist but I don't see it that way at all. I think some of what we'll see are things like people realizing that money is not the greatest treasure, that it's one form of exchange. I think we'll see more barter, exchange of energy, people finding and using their gifts even more, taking time to smell the roses or truly connect. Hard times? Yeah, at times. But is the cup half full or half empty. I prefer to find it as half full. And it's a good thing it's only half full. It needs room for the bubbles!

Concur with 9.51: I have been surprised not to see more early Aries,Cancer, Libra and Capricorn here. Have been feeling like I'm in the wrong club!(Vv early Cappi) I have become a virtual recluse to try and keep up with overwhelming demands in my life. It's at all levels from the basic financial to spiritual spring-boarding, taking on clearing and selling my mother's house and finally getting the opportunity after years, to pursue more than one career opening. I'm not really complaining. It's just like trying to catch up with something that's moving faster than I can. There is an imperative about getting many things done at the moment: now is the time. Much of what is going is also very exciting, and given a few months I will be emerging from these strangle-hold conditions into a saturn return, haha, that'll be easy after this lot! These are difficult and even scarey times, but I believe that the solutions are available to us, and even working already, just not all over the media. I believe that it comes back to us all taking responsibility for our personal, practical and spiritual decisions, and cleaning-up our individual energy systems, thereby adding to the clearing and healing of the energy our species Oh my word, wouldn't that just be the best thing for planet earth? Blessings x Ella

Am a late Cappy but with a very early Capricorn ascendant. With Pluto waxing through our sign, what the lovely Ella comments about being a'virtual recluse' rings a very loud bell, as does 13.38's mention of the 'usual trappings' which I am also without. And quite gladly so. Without being an unsociable curmudgeon, I've felt a strong need to be still and quiet and aware in order to effect this powerful transformation. Weird but true! And everyone please keep the positive comments coming, it helps us all!

I'm a 5 May Taurean. I've had a week of such dramatic extremes it's making me feel nauseous. My life is in total suspension (awaiting news of whether my insurance money stops following a serious accident & starting a whole new life) & everything resting in the hands of others. Trying to sit tight, stay in my space, hold the positivity & trust while all around me is chaos. Anger is bubbling away which is unusual for me these days, as is total & divine love. I'm yo-yoing between the 3d & 5d worlds as I keep processing. I have to believe that it's all going to be ok because at 40, I am without any of the usual trappings (house, career, children, partner, money...) I trust the future is bright, I wobble, but I keep on trusting. It's scary though! xx

To the poster @9:51 - I am in, pretty much, the same boat you are in except I'm in New York and I'm 48. Been unemployed for 2 years with no real end in sight. Whether it's the newly college graduated or seasoned folks like myself, a new class of permanently unemployed has been created. Needless to say, we're NOT contributing to whatever recovery there may be....

Well, as a Virgo, I have to admit I'm glad it's someone elses' turn to be the nail. My head has nearly been beaten flat.... I think I have "over served" in that regard.....

Steve, I wish things would change - can't wait. There is a total lack of work/money, and I fear what that will lead to/what I will loose. Have been in the do-do for at least 13 years now, and don't have much more to loose. I am a May 24 Gemini. Age 48.

I agree with 12:03. We are all thinking inside the box here. How will we land in a system with conditions as they exist now once we reach the other side of this concentrated period of change? I think the point is we will hardly recognize anything the way it is at that point from the way in used to be now. Consider a giant cosmic hand wiping the blackboard clear. We'll have to start again and this time from the bottom up. Everything... from the way we govern ourselves, to the way we treat the environment, to the way we run our business's, to the way, as individuals, we treat each other and ourselves. Everything you can think of will be touched. Out with old bring on the new! There's just no telling what it might be. I agree with 12:03, we need to stay optimistic about the future and continue to strive for the best possible. It all starts with each and everyone of us... so treat yourselves as kindly as you can, smile at yourself when you pass a mirror, stop putting yourselves down, you are riding a huge wave of change into the future and we should all be proud of ourselves for being chosen to be the ones... (fate/free will... oh never mind)

sj here. 14.57 (above) speaks for me, couldn't have put it better myself.

I'll second that Steve!! I said similar earlier, I'm hanging on to the positive stuff that is happening! One doom monger said yesterday that the building where I have been given a new room to work in may be closing down. WELL - that's a may-be, so why waste energy on may-be's. In the here and now it's where I am, and if feels fab, and good and right! So hang on to the positive, look after you when you need to, offer support to others if they need it, and just be kind! And re the smile thingy - earlier in the year when I was having a tough time I stuck a note (well a couple actually) in my "cups and coffee etc cupboard". They read: "smile, it won't kill you"... and it made me .. smile and laugh, I also put "Breathe, trust in the Angels". SO post yourself a note or too, what ever makes you smile, and reminds you to smile. hugs to all Sx

I honestly don't know what it will mean - a change, the hammering coming to an end..it has been the norm for so long, no time to dwell on it, just keep on keeping on.I have learned to take it all in stride, expect the unexpected, try to believe that all things are as they should be. I know too well there are countless others that have greater burdens to bear & my life is great. I can breathe. I will make do with what comes my way.This world is ripe with young bright enterprising talent that will change our world for the better.But I do hope that at 57, I am getting the hang of 'learning my lessons'.Thanks for the forum, even though it is sometimes scary.Mar.19

Everything I got I got the hard way. It sure would be nice to have something come easy for once. Thanks for the explanation of the last 20 year struggle. Bobbe - March 18th

To the person in NYC (posted 7th July @13:38), I would like to say that I really empathize with what you are facing. To those who think that it is all down to a 'smile' in the morning, I would like them to consider that some of us are suffering insomnia as a result of the pressures and that sometimes though we would like to find ways to overcome... it would be good if our fellow human beings were prepared to consider that it is their Solidarity 'out there' that we need to show a united front to governments who are undermining and endangering our livelihoods, pushing disabled people, those who care to the edge, by producing 'work capability assessment' to cut their essential social security at a time when there aren't any jobs and employers in any case are unlikely to take on people with chronic illnesses, mental health conditions and people with a wide range of disabilities .... a smile may be good but collective action to support the efforts of those who are trying to prevent such fundamental attacks on human rights and well being, would be welcome. So smile, but stick your neck out. Thank you.

I am just born on the virgo cusp.... 23rd aug and NEVER had things SO SO mad, please let it stop soon!!! Us virgos have had things hard for way too long

Yes...everyone stop the moaning what ever situation you are in...It will be better for taking on the positive side of life...and there is always a ray of hope… sometimes you need to look for it...people seem only to reflect on their own troubles me, me, me, I, I, I… reach out and help someone else who needs...You will feel better yourself...and yes smile...My daughter and I spent yesterday being aware of the words we spoke and agreed to gently highlight any negative words that each of us spoke and together turned then into positives...It turned out to be fun… try it...love annie xxx

Someone in the UK committed suicide after their benefits (social security) was cut in the last week. He was unwell.. he was also a poet. Earlier this year a young woman with a 5 months old baby jumped off a balcony and they both crashed to death. The Department of Work and Pension had decline her income support, she lost her housing benefit, she was desperate. The reason I am posting this, is because, there is a difference between 'moaning' and actually having the human decency to recognise that some people do not have the privilege, or may be are just simply more vulnerable, and should not be ignored...They need support. There is a need for achieving a balance between a positive approach to our lives, and our collective responsibilities.

To the person who wrote the post… Wednesday, 7th July 2010 22:13 To the person in NYC (posted 7th July @13:38) A smile is the beginning and the beginning ‘Is a very good place to start’ especially when life is tough…I am speaking from experience, which is the best place to speak from… However if you smile and make an effort to be optimistic even when the chips are down you are increasing your own vibrations towards a positive place and in doing this you are (whether you choose to believe it or not) helping the planet and all the beings in it…Smile breath dance a little to music (and if you are unable to use your feet, use your hands and if you can’t use your feet or hands use your mind…) any one can dance…Remember to look out side of your suffering and beyond look at the trees look at a birds really look into their space be apart of there life for a moment…We are having to survive …and benefits and governments, other people, money… are not the solution to humans and there problems, before all that we just had our selves and we would have to build the camp make the fire hunt the food, survival of the ones who stayed positive…it is all in the mind, how we perceive life and how we treat ourselves and others in life…a smile will lift up your spirits(you might have to keep practising it for a while until it does, even if while smiling you feel glum, keep practising and say a few loving thing to yourself) You are all you have got in this world start with you and then when you feel better you can start helping others…So start with a SMILE, and the rest will follow….love trust and be honest…listen to Steve’s words of guidance, work with the knowledge he gives us…and know that ‘Everything is gonna be all right!’ Life is tough make it easier on yourself by seeing the little lovely things in life… love annie xxx