IN THE CENTER (5 Soil / Karma)

When you enter this house, it is a good time to check your progress and attitude. You can look back at the way you have handled the previous stages of your goal's development and, thereby, understand how your activities have brought about your present situation.

Take the time to scrutinize both the negative and positive aspects of this house. Through this examination process, you can come to realize what it is you will have to do in order to keep your dream vital. As the realizations come, you can incorporate them into your plans, or you can make adjustments to your existing plans.

Please use this time wisely. Utilize all of the education that this house of karma has to teach, from the beginning to the end of the cycle. But, do not make any radical changes to your outward activities. This is a time to watch and learn, not to make big changes.

Some of the things you can look at are, your health, the well-being of those you support, the status of your dream and the immediate demands of your environment. One very clear indicator of your present condition is the visual appearance of your home environment. Is everything in its place and in good condition? Are you healthy and is your appearance fresh? Your managerial skills are very potent, at this time, and it's a good time to put your home in order. If you don't have the time to organize everything, then adjust what you can and take note of future requirements.

It is not that this month simply increases your capacity to recall specific decisions and activities. Karmic influences are actually more discernible, more predominant, now. If you are watchful, you will clearly see how the present situations and events have been shaped by your own intervention. Repercussions of your past behavior move towards you. Some positive. Some negative. In general, the more positive repercussions appear during the first half of this period. The more negative, the few days before you enter this house (approaching 5 Soil), and during the second half.

If, therefore, you inhabit this position, knowing that karmic connections are more apparent, you can see how certain shortcomings or mistakes have generated unsatisfactory results. And you can define the strong points and activities that have produced beneficial outcomes. Once you know that, you have a much better grip on the plans and the actions you can make, as you pass through the future houses.

Eating a healthy, well rounded diet is advised, for balance. Interestingly, physically round foods like cabbage, onions, squash and pumpkin are very beneficial, at this time.

As you enter the house of 5 Soil, you may meet someone from your past. The reason they have appeared is karmic, in nature. If possible, spend some time with this person.

In general, this is not the best time to travel. But, some journeys may be unavoidable. If you do travel, look for karmic associations with the trip. You may have some "unfinished business" that needs to be worked out.

Be careful when making major purchases.

*********

".... Since the ki of your position for the year (6 Metal, consolidation) is of a more material, yang nature, it is an "easy" time to study your karma. As you pass through the house of 5 Soil, the positive and negative aspects of your karma move towards you. However, unless your intuition is very clear, it is often difficult to discern your exact karmic makeup by observing events as they come and go. Since 6 Metal energy is now predominant, karmic results tend to appear in a less fleeting, more material way. So, you have the opportunity to more easily see (and, in many cases, actually touch & feel) the results of your past activities...."