This article comes with a major trigger warning (genocide, sexual violence. etc.) Please ground yourself first before reading. This concerns the largest ongoing genocide on the planet at this time, the deliberate attempt to exterminate 7 million Tigrayans in Ethiopia through starvation, extra-judicial killing and rape.
I have been following this story since late 2020 in some capacity and have been moved to speak out as there is a further escalation of the horrific violence. I have also been asked and encouraged by Tigrayans to speak out and so take that as permission.
Please note that Ethiopia has had a history of ethnic conflict among its various groups. No one is truly innocent here unless they’re a civilian. My intention is to raise awareness of this genocide so that innocent lives can be spared.
However, the scale of what is being levied against Tigrayan people is unprecedented, as is the specific pattern of rape perpetuated upon Tigrayan Wombs with the intent to erase and end the Tigrayan bloodline.
So far, I have written to the International Committee of Experts and critiqued the omissions in the Joint Report prepared by the OHCHR/EHRC (UN Human Rights / Ethiopian Human Rights Commission). I have also been using my platforms on Instagram and Twitter to feature the voices of Tigrayan activists and current news. I find it impossible to do ‘ business as usual ‘.
As you know my ‘ brand’ if you can call it that has always been the combination of politics, spirituality, compassion and activism. So this is very much in line with what I have done publicly for the past 8 years.
For those interested in the details, please see my letter to the United Nations Office on the Prevention of Genocide. I will be sending slightly modified versions to other agencies that deal with humanitarian crisis of this nature.
It is very likely that many of you have no idea that 7 million people have been blocked off from food, medicine, aid – and the outside world for 500 days. Or that 120,000 women and girls have been brutally raped and their wombs burnt with genocidal intent. Or that half a million people have already died. I provide a quick summary here:
This video also talks about the spiritual impact of allowing these atrocities to continue.
I feature far more voices on my Twitter and instagram accounts – @theskypriestess . You are more than welcome to follow these as well.
I send you much Love
Dr. Bairavee Balasubramaniam PhD
The Sky Priestess
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Many in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East support Ukraine, yet, there is a sense of deep discontent with the way their own local conflicts have lacked the coverage, global focus, and outpouring of support we have seen emerge over the past few days.
This is neither whataboutism nor a distraction from the war fought by a valiant people. My words are not intended to limit or dilute your support for Ukraine but to invite you to expand your compassion to include others who have been overlooked.
I am heavily referencing examples from the Ukrainian context as this has sparked a global outcry at the ‘ hypocrisy ‘ of Western nations.
To be clear – I stand in solidarity with Ukraine, its people, and its inspirational leadership. It is heartwarming to see so much love and support for this nation worldwide. I have also donated what I can to help with rescue and relief efforts.
However, as a scholar of politics and history and as a woman of non-European ancestry: my response is incomplete if I do not acknowledge the glaring double-standard that the world’s response to Ukraine has been.
Racism is, of course, alive and well in many parts of the world, but it is not the focus of this essay.
It provides the context for why non-European lives and conflicts appear to be valued less and explains why more significant effort and more humanistic reporting in these regions are critical.
To understand the disparity in reportage and the understandable anger that so many feel, all you have to do is to look at the way journalists have been covering their reports on Ukraine – and compare them.
Journalists are shocked, traumatized, and honestly surprised that this has happened ‘ in Europe’, with images of scared or hurt ‘ blond-haired and blue-eyed children’ seared into their memories .. that this is happening in a ‘ civilized ’ land, unlike Syria, Yemen, Afghanistan or somewhere in Africa.
These statements undoubtedly trigger deeply-held epigenetic memories of non-European peoples as their ancestors were told their land had to be subjugated because they lacked civilization, and their lives were worth less than their (allegedly) benevolent European rulers.
As a member of the British royal family put it, it is ‘ normal ‘ to see conflicts in places like Africa and Asia, but it is ‘ alien’ to see it in Europe. Coming back to the present, that is a powerful statement on how strategies of ‘ othering’ continue to pervade discourse.
And all of this is being said in shocked, sometimes visibly traumatized tones as journalists and other observers are simply unused to seeing trauma in non-black or brown bodies.
In other words, the presence of conflict and trauma in non-European countries has become normalized.
And the best way to make something invisible, or beyond question, or simply not worth engaging, is to consider it ‘ normal ‘.
In contrast, the shocked tones and traumatized delivery of news reports from Ukraine signals that something truly horrific, abnormal – that now requires unprecedented attention and action – has occurred.
How would that read to someone whose country is in a more severe crisis?
( And yes – whilst the crisis in the Ukraine requires immediate support and engagement, there are worse things happening on the planet going completely unreported )
In Ethiopia, 52,000 civilians were killed in the past five months, where starvation is being used as a weapon. Women are subjected to mass rape, yet there is no outcry. Not even a sliver of acknowledgement – this is just one of many examples.
Just as it is critical to ensure a unified global response to Ukraine’s war, it is equally important to recognize the discontent created through the erasure of so much (othered) human pain.
People respond to what they see through the media. The way the news is delivered shapes public response.
When journalists cannot contain their own shock and trauma, they impart an additional layer of meaning. They are certainly not neutral actors in the generation of public opinion.
Non-European journalists have responded, stating that they have not been allowed to cover local stories as media houses for fears they would not be able to be ‘ objective’. However, that standard has not been applied to Ukraine’s coverage.
This is a great thing for Ukrainians.
However, I hope it is also a wake-up call for mainstream media channels and journalists to do the same in other conflicts.
When they signal ‘ normalcy’ even when reporting on a mass violation, people ignore it as there is no emotional engagement; therefore, there is no need to respond or act.
From Ukraine, we see powerfully engaging images and videos that show the courage, resilience, emotion, humor, and creativity of a people under siege. This is an absolutely valid depiction and one that should become common elsewhere as well.
A little girl singing ‘ Let It Go’ from her underground sanctuary has gone viral. Photos of men and women carrying their pets across the border or to shelters move the viewer to want to help such a compassionate nation because they can see them and empathize with them as fellow humans – who are able to be kind even when fighting for their lives.
This is a profound testament to the humanity of Ukrainians.
However, if one is willing to look, we will also see this humanity amongst the many whose stories have not been afforded the same humanity, compassion, and empathetic engagement.
Such humanistic reportage needs to become the norm rather than the aberration. Not just for Europe, but the rest of the world.
Instead, in Africa, Asia & the Middle East, we are exclusively shown images of children starving and covered in flies, people in states of absolute poverty and hardship, over and over again.
The subject is erased and becomes an object in need of perpetual rescue.
By forcing coverage to ignore the human factor in the name of staying ‘ objective’, the stories of people suffering in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East are erased, blurred into one brown-black mass.
All that inspires is compassion fatigue and denial.
The kind of global response we see now towards Ukraine will be far more likely to emerge in other contexts if we change the terms of reporting and engagement.
There are so many stories of heroism, courage, kindness, and humanity in the face of desperation from Ethiopia, Syria, Afghanistan, Yemen, Israel & Palestine – that have simply not been told.
Let us break the culture of rendering black/brown trauma invisible by acknowledging the stories of hero(ines), survivors, leaders, carers, and families with empathy, humanity, dignity, and compassion.
Dr. B. Bairavee
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The first is the role of the Triple Warmer/Burner/San Jiao Meridian in maintaining psychic health. There is a lot that gets energetically congested in the interstitium and fascia, parts of the connective tissue system that link the entire body and play an important role in the lymphatic system.
It’s nothing that muscle therapists have not known for decades, but has only just received recognition within more mainstream medical circles.
Therapies that acknowledge these systems and their role in health include TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine), myofascial therapy, tapping (and many others). TW / TB / SJ 3 – Zhongzhu is a key point I recommend for all those who utilize spiritual and psychic gifts as part of their work, and for hypersensitive people in general.
It is an excellent point to drain Wind and Heat excess in the Wood (Liver/Gallbladder meridians). Steve Woodley is a good resource on this, as is five element acupuncture.
Look it up online to find the exact location – and I do demonstrate where this is in the video. Don’t use a needle unless you are trained acupuncturist. A light touch for a minute at most, once or twice a day should do it.
The rest of the discussion followed the flow of questions from the community.
People are experiencing overwhelm at the sheer weight of the psychic field in the collective.
The point above should help manage that at the individual level.
I talk about some examples of people who have faced horrors in their life and how they inspire others to find beauty and dignity in life. One person who does this is @theredheadofauschwitz (on TikTok and Instagram).
When you see someone who has survived the horrors of Auschwitz retaining their inner beauty, grace, humor and dignity – it is proof that a person can find purpose, meaning and life – even in such troubled times.
There is no real point in giving into defeatist attitudes or doomsday predictions. That creates no real change except to add to even more psychic burden.
Be strategic. Be focused. Be disciplined.
Invest your time in projects that make a difference to yourself & others, be it a community lending library, free childcare for parents who can’t afford it, a community garden, and so on. Manage your energy by taking on what you can and be focused in the change you want to make.
Even if you think it’s a ‘ little’ change, these little changes happening everywhere at once create a mighty ripple effect.
Believe in your ability to do something, even if you think it’s nothing at all in the grand scheme of things.
Developing this mindset is a key part of spiritual discipline.
Anything else just leaves you over-saturated with energy that you have no means of doing anything about.
The simple answer to what to do in these times: Is to do what you can.
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We are all searching for healing, awareness, connection, and wholeness. Some would add love, community, and abundance to that list. But as we do so, sometimes we find ourselves in relationships where healing comes at the cost of the person helping another.
When we find facilitators and therapists who can help us heal, we value their professional services by providing funds, donations, or whatever is appropriate. However, when we find people in our lives who (knowingly or not) play similar roles, it is very likely to result in a damaging form of excessive reliance, pedestalization, and dehumanization of the person seen as ‘ strong’ or ‘ able to help’.
To love or be friends with someone you consider a nurturer, healer, facilitator, etc., you have to be careful not to take them for granted. It takes a lot of honesty to ask yourself whether you want to be with or around someone because you like the free therapy or service you are getting or whether you actually like them as a person.
If I had known this 30 years ago – my life would have been very different. It has taken me decades to understand that many people drawn to me have wanted the facilitator’s energy rather than the actual, everyday, human person with desires, needs, and personal views. And they honestly may not be able to differentiate between the two.
Human interactions with a substantial gap in perceived levels of power, competence, authority, expertise, and wisdom can be very tricky. Such interactions tend to become an entirely one-way street as the ‘ strong’ person gets used and turned into the other’s emotional dumping ground or parental projection screen.
Bear in mind that evaluations of ‘ strong’ or ‘ weak’ are entirely subjective as no one is 100% strong or weak all of the time. I’m primarily using these categories for heuristic purposes.
Some do use perceived differences in strength to encourage patterns of dependency so that they continue to feel superior or needed or indispensable. And sometimes, the person who prefers to be seen as ‘ weak’ uses covert manipulation tactics to control, gaslight, and project on the person they want help from.
Often these projections involve calling the ‘stronger’ person as controlling, bullying, or resenting them for developing what they have and guilt-tripping them to serve the other slavishly.
So it’s not that straightforward.
Plus –
There is true strength in vulnerability and true tenderness in the heart of one who holds strength for another in healthy ways. These categories are not mutually exclusive.
Ultimately, strength and resiliency are things we each need to aspire to. What that looks like for each person is going to be different.
Many are conditioned into believing that they lack inner strength or are inadequate – and they then turn to others they perceive as having what they lack. Some unknowingly end up in a pattern of covert manipulation and parasitism.
Others justify it through a sense of false egoic entitlement or by convincing themselves of false narratives about the other.
The fact that one person is hurt does not give them the right, entitlement, or privilege to hurt or abuse another – even in the name of healing – even they think the other person ‘ can take it ‘ or that they don’t feel.
I’ve come across this many times in my life – even in childhood. I was always expected to be stronger, kinder, and more understanding than others.
I recall a time at school (maybe 10 or 11) when a teacher tried to blame me for defending myself against a bully. The bully kept following me up the stairwell, saying nasty things, and I refused to engage in the same way.
I said the word ‘ Likewise’ each time she said something and kept heading to class. When I didn’t break as she wanted me to, she broke down.
The teacher treated her as the victim as I wasn’t crying, and I was blamed for making her cry. In retrospect, my refusal to be her emotional dumping ground and abuse site probably forced her to see herself. I was just fed up one day and did not yield.
But did that mean that I was not hurt? Did that mean that I did not deserve fair consideration? Was I doing something terrible for refusing to accept abuse?
Think about it.
Just because some people externalize their vulnerability or trauma more than others does not mean that they are automatically in the right. Some people strategically use displays or expressions of trauma as a shield to justify ill-actions towards another or avert accountability.
For those new to the concept, I suggest looking up the term ‘ vulnerable narcissism’.
One day, I was trying to explain this to my Libran brother as I kept seeing people who were drawn to me because they wanted the nurture I could provide. But when I spoke up for myself or established a boundary, they would turn instantly – and sometimes savagely.
The best I could come up with was ‘ being a mountain’.
(Suprise, Surprise, for a Capricorn Sun)
And I don’t mean that in a holier than thou sense. Working with the mountain archetype is a lot of responsibility if you actually care about people.
It takes real work, awareness, and daily practice to carry a large field in this world with compassion. And to realize that not everyone can or would want to live near a much larger field than their own that challenges their perceived ego-image. And to also not let it get to your head in an egoic way.
To be a mountain is also to realize that someday, it will be ground back to the ocean.
There’s always something bigger even if, at that moment, the mountain appears to be the most prominent thing above the surface. Water will eventually cut through stone. It’s just a thing, a particular way of being that some people naturally resonate with.
Some people are mountains, others are pastures, others are rivers, others are oceans, others are planets, others are pebbles – and it’s all okay. They each have a place and intrinsic merit, and all are equally worthy of existence.
Due to internalized hierarchies and paternal attitudes, people tend to latch onto the single narrative of the lone mountain that creates an ecosystem and sustains life around it. It stands tall above the rest and shares the rarified air at its peak with the few who dare to scale its face.
This analogy is also used in religious and spiritual teachings, but not in ways I necessarily agree with.
Some people who resonate with the archetype prefer solitude and enjoy their own company most of all. Others engage in a limited capacity to help where possible. And some do exploit the natural pull or draw felt by someone who sees themselves as needing nurture when encountering someone they think’ has got it all together ‘.
But it is essential to understand that power naturally attracts energy. It comes down to your personal integrity, values, and compassion to live with it in a fair, just, and harmonious way with others without sacrificing yourself or anyone else.
Let’s get back to the mountain analogy.
Mountains are rarely, if ever, alone – even if people think the opposite of them.
They exist as part of a range or with an ecosystem that evolves around them. Whilst that can be healing and harmonious in nature, it becomes a lot trickier in human interactions.
Because if that mountain rumbles even in the slightest way, that ecosystem is going to feel it hard. We are okay with this disruption in Mother Nature, but to expect a human to play the same role is unacceptable for so many reasons.
The human-mountain ends up having to quieten or dehumanize themselves to become the desired’ function ‘ or be deemed nice, acceptable, or okay to hang out with.
Or they end up as the tyrant whose whims and fantasies twist and turn the reality of those who pedestalize and obey them.
Or they just run because they don’t want to be projected on, misunderstood, and ultimately instrumentalized.
The strength of the mountain is what people see, but they forget that it was formed through years of geological pressure, seismic activity, environmental changes, and physical trauma. It’s easy to look at a mountain and marvel at its strength, but it’s harder to recognize the process and the journey it has come through.
The same applies to people who get projected on similarly. Their narrative, identity, humanity, and journey are erased to benefit another person having an experience at that time and moment.
How is that kind, or just? What kind of healing process does that erasure support?
Psychologists have long recognized this as the dynamic of transference as that erasure of self, or at the very least, professional detachment is part and parcel of their clinical discipline. As they’re still human, psychologists can also find themselves in states of countertransference (the other way around, in response to a patient’s transferred emotions and projections).
And it’s not always easy to maintain that detachment to do the job, even for professionals. They would not be able to do that effectively for people they see daily, be it their spouse or child, without disrupting the familial relationship.
Expecting a friend, partner, or relative to primarily play that role for another’s person’s benefit – is disruptive to interpersonal harmony and goodwill.
Whilst not to the same degree as a psychologist (in principle), every healer or facilitator will have some degree of detachment when working with clients professionally. It’s just not meant to be cut-and-paste into other kinds of relationships.
Sometimes people in vulnerable spaces end up justifying their sense of entitlement towards someone’s energy because they have made up their own story about them. They’re ‘ strong’ because they didn’t have challenges or struggles, had good parents, or had money, and therefore, they can and should play that role.
That’s a load of poppycock.
People talk about being supportive and holding space, but they don’t talk about the emotional and psychic cost of listening or witnessing. Or the muted pain of erasure.
Being ‘ strong’ doesn’t mean that you don’t hurt or that you don’t feel intense pain.
I feel so much of it when I work with clients moving through extreme trauma in their lives. Some of their stories remain with me for years afterwards. But that is part of the role, and yes, it needs to be said as such.
It’s not that ‘ strong’ people can ‘ handle it ‘; it’s just that those who are comfortable depending upon them choose to believe that.
In short: The mountain has feelings.
Indigenous cultures recognized this and declared the mountain sacred, or the elder or healer as valued and supported them in different ways – or gave them space to be.
They recognized that by being, experience, or attainment, some natural features of the world and some people occupied larger energetic fields than others, which is why the priest’s or priestess’ hut or shrine was often kept at the village’s border.
This is why, no matter how near cultures would build their villages on the top of a mountain, they left the very pinnacle as a sacred space not to be accessed or touched.
Those recognitions do not exist in contemporary society, and it is problematic to pedestalize anyone in the same way.
It’s not sustainable for the person expected to ‘ be the mountain’ and not healthy for the person dependent upon them in an extreme way. Whilst it’s good to help where you can, know that drawing limits is necessary.
Naturally, there are other aspects to this discussion, but I hope it opens the door to a conversation that may be useful. Each person has an inner equilibrium and by no means is this conversation (or any other that I have) meant to be a one-size-fits-all solution.
A lot has happened in the past few years, and the path I find myself on has dramatically changed. So many of you were drawn to this space because of the sharing of hundreds of posts, with original research information and hours and hours of work.
I am grateful that the information shared has helped so many over the years. It’s certainly been a process.
In response to a recent query from one follower (and I use that term only to mean that you’re viewing the contents of this site), I felt the need to clarify what this space now means to me and where you can find the different kinds of information I now provide, within more sustainable limits.
Since my departure from Facebook, I have started growing a new community housed on Youtube. It was an important point for me to put my spiritual and political ideals into practice and to create a space that did not enable spiritual bypassing or denial in the face of injustice and discrimination. Facebook is a fantastic echo chamber – and as the years passed I found people hearing what they wanted to hear, rather than what was being said. It does have its own energy.
The community space that has now emerged is one that is far more conscious, welcoming to people of all races, genders (and yes, there’s a lovely sub-group of queer folk from all walks of the LBGTQIA umbrella), ages, and walks of life. I started the ‘ Hello, Neighbour’ series (inspired by the works of Reverend Fred Rogers and his ‘ Mister Rogers’ Neighbourhood ‘TV series). It’s evolved into a deeply humbling, inspiring and meaningful community-building exercise and am very happy to say that there’s a good vibe in the air from it all.
I have found the creation of that space to be an intrinsically valuable act for myself, and apparently, from others who have felt a greater need of connection during the isolation brought about through COVID.
The key principle is true inclusivity and the willingness to live a spiritual path from the truth of the heart. And that is not possible, in my view, without an examination of systemic inequalities, privilege, and a deconstruction of mental categories strongly related to footprint of colonialism, patriarchy and essentialized view on the gender binary.
Whilst we do talk astrology there, the focus of my work as a whole has shifted towards inspiring, nurturing and building more goodwill and community. It’s hard to have that kind of engagement in this space – which is far more static, so I would encourage you all to check out the Youtube channel if you have not done so already. There’s also a small following on Instagram where I am starting to also share my art and musical compositions.
Again, these are not new directions in my work. You can look at –
There’s also the introduction to my workshop in Tempe, Arizona: Beyond Construct & Into The Void – Transcending our Concept of Feminine Experience
As you can see, my path was never about astrology for its own sake.
What I am being more drawn to now is helping people see where astrology can be useful, where it can blind you, what it can & can’t teach you – and how this can make you a more fulfilled person in this very, very, complex world that demands from a a mixture of compassion, kindness and integrity. (Also the ability to say no to the BS and to be willing to speak the truth, even if it challenges your/another’s comfort)
That often requires a re-examination of the values, ideas and tools that a person has used to make sense of themselves – and the world. I can tell you that astrology, or any human path of inquiry is subject to co-optation if a person is not careful. It is that willingness to learn, and un-learn so to find some sense of decency, honor, love and solidarity with the planet that informs so much of the work that I am drawn to at this time.
For those of you are interested in the more hard-core astrological interpretations of the skies, I have created a premium membership program called Tier-23 which gives you anywhere between 20-40, 000 words of content per month, expressed in 2-3 hours of video discussion. There’s also a monthly meditation where my direct spiritual facilitations take place.
It takes real time, energy, work, dedication and devotion to create and hold the energy of that space. And it has created its own very focused and potent membership.
I am hoping to introduce a smaller version of this called Tier-5 this year for those who do not have the time or resources to invest in a larger and more intensive body of work.
As sustainability is a core principle of the work I am generating now, it does not seem just to continue engaging with the public the way I did before. That, and health reasons which have made me need to be far more careful with my time and energy.
I hope that decision can be respected. It would be wonderful if those of you who have benefited from my work for years will choose to support me in a tangible, material sense if able and called to do so.
In any case, you are more than welcome as part of the community on Youtube 🙂
I have chosen to share the video up above to accompany this write-up as it signifies my current relationship with astrology. As I have written in numerous previous articles such as ‘ The Limits of Astrology ‘ (2015) over the years, it is not a new move at all. Just more public.
For those who do want the intense, in-depth treatment of astrological bodies, again, you are welcome to join the Tier-23 program or to book a personal session where these can be discussed as they pertain to your chart – the ‘ Discovery Session’ would be most suitable for this..
I take the spiritual energy behind the way astrology is communicated and taught very seriously these days which is why I have opted not to provide the same kind of content that I did before to the general public.
It is a sacred form in its own right, and honestly, it does require a fair bit of spiritual discipline and self-insight for someone to benefit from it, rather than be bound by it.
I have been sharing this information and gradual shift in perspective on my Youtube Lives, but had not yet put it in writing within this space. Hence, this post.
There is now also a newsletter where I email people maybe once a month (or every few months) if there’s something major going on – and of course you are more than welcome to join it – but it’s going to be what you still find in this space. Just the most important pieces of information and notifications on special promotions and offers.
If this is farewell, no worries and best wishes.
Otherwise, I’ll see you about – perhaps on a live, or in the Tier-23 program, or a session.
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How you choose to act on this information is up to your own free will, and you agree to be responsible for whatever consequences arise from your actions. Use your common sense first. I will assert my legal right over my work should these clauses be violated in any way for any reason. Always use common sense first and reach out if in doubt.
2021 was an incredible year of transformation, intensity, undoing and rebuilding for so many. I would like to take a moment to thank the community that has grown with me and my family in this time.
Thank You.
As a special treat, I am sharing with you the Tier-23 video report for Dec 26 – Jan 2, 2022. This should give you the guidance necessary for the last few days of the year.
For those interested, it will also give you a sense of the depth and intensity of the Tier-23 program. The write-up for this alone is over six thousand words. Some people stick with the video, others engage with both.
Timestamps are provided as there’s a lot of material for each day. You can view it at one go, or take it day by day as needed.
You can always book sessions or join the Tier-23 program at
I send you all much love and very many Blessings for the year ahead!
Dr Bairavee The Sky Priestess
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I begin by acknowledging the organic growth of this community during this year!
I hope it has emerged as a safe space for people who have been excluded from other spiritual spaces on account of their race, sexuality, gender – and for their unwillingness to turn a blind eye to the world.
Compassion, community, and justice – These are the key principles by which I hope to continue this work here, in interaction with so many wonderful people with similar views.
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In terms of today’s topic: I discuss the Galactic Center’s spiritual impact as it opposes the upcoming Gemini Full Moon whilst squaring Borasisi (The False Light) in Pisces.
We talk about some key principles of discernment that need to be adhered to. And the importance of presence, truth, and being willing to see where one is blinded by rhetoric and illusion – be it of a human or other metaphysical origin.
It is so vital at this time to look at the spaces within ourselves that have been suppressed by people who were absent or who used words of nurture to control.
Look at how one may be mirroring these patterns from childhood dynamics (where relevant).
Look at how humanity has, through religion and many mainstream spiritual teachings, continued to suppress and build itself on the erasure of certain people: the indigenous, the feminine (as a universal archetype), the poor, and so on.
Whilst it is important to make real space for and acknowledge these voices, be wary of deception at play. Some mask their intent behind the words of purity and the martyr’s cloak of victimhood.
Again, this applies to humans and metaphysical beings. Take your time to observe.
Appreciate the space of inner reflection and silence for what it has to teach us. And speak your truth. Scream if you have to.
Sometimes that anger is absolutely what is needed to claim your space. Be polite if that works.
But be aware that these same tools can be co-opted by the ego trying to hide or bleed all over another for its unprocessed traumas. It’s truly subjective.
Whatever comes your way the next few days, take the time to step back and reflect on who you are.
There is no external truth that is automatically more important than your personal beliefs in reality.
Even if you weren’t on the best track with something, you need to think things through before uncritically imbibing anything.
This energy and pressure to absorb will be in the air for a few days.
The Full Moon goes exact at 4:35 am, December 19th, UTC. (that’s night-time on the 18th for the Americas) at 27 Gemini 28′ 52”.
Blessings to all.
Dr Bairavee, The Sky Priestess
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This is a particularly special installation of Hello Neighbour as we begin with the deep presence of Master Teacher Lucky-Cat. I discuss my own journey in moving from a head, to a more… experiential perspective of self – and how Lucky cat helped me see how that self had its own intrinsic value and merit. A lot of personal anecdotes and reflections in this one, and a focus more on the feeling of the process than the words we use to pigeon-hole it into.
This particular lesson will be very relevant medicine for the next few days.
As the author of this work, I do not accept any liability arising from any and all potential effects from issuing or reading this work in any way. Anything communicated here is not intended to replace professional legal, medical, psychological, psychiatric, or financial counsel. How you choose to act on this information is up to your own free will, and you agree to be responsible for whatever consequences arise from your actions. Use your common sense first.
I will assert my legal right over my work should these clauses be violated in any way for any reason. Always use common sense first and reach out if in doubt.
Hello everyone. In this video, I talk about the extraordinarily intense, transformative, and (for some people) potentially dangerous triggers formed by the Saturn-Chiron-Thereus Yod or Finger of Fate in the Skies right now. For some, it has catalyzed profound insights into healing and wellness, and for others, it has resulted in freak accidents, illness, death, and so on – especially in the past 24-48 hours.
I have to cover a wide range of possibilities here, so the likelihood that something absolutely awful will happen to a single individual is low, but it pays to be aware of it. That likelihood can be further mitigated through proper prevention and awareness. Sometimes the warning is for you, and sometimes it allows you to act in a way that can help another.
Yods are uncompromising teachers. They connect two inconjuncts and a sextile in ways that prompt a person to a karmic crossroads: Are they going to deepen themselves in a particular karmic lesson, or will they transcend it?
Saturn in Aquarius is all about the technologies, groups, friendship networks, allies, benefactors, ideals, and the physical and spiritual structures that provide with the power to have influence.
Chiron in Aries is about the perceived wounds of the self and the mind. It can be a humbling lesson in taking a look at the truth of one’s being and the way it is expressed – or it can lash out in projection unto others.
Thereus in Virgo – as I understand it – is the need to look at sources of covert or hidden predation and vulnerability which ultimately lead to a drain on health, resources, and the ability to serve others and sustain the self. I see it as a painful, yet necessary evolutionary pressure – till we collectively agree that there is no further need to learn through pain.
At present, Saturn is at 8 Aquarius, Chiron is at 8 Aries and Thereus is at 8 Virgo.
You can find out more about Thereus in Virgo here.
The combination can help you strengthen these areas of life and help those who are having a rougher time of things. It can equally make people lash out in violent ways, have mental breakdowns, or experience accidents (due to electricity, fire, weakness in the feet, digestive issues, anxiety, and so on).
Thereus and Chiron continue to exert a powerful influence in the skies as they aspect the Solar Eclipse (December 4), Vesta – The Facilitator (Dec 2-3), Juno – The Soul Awakener (Dec 8-10). These pave the way to a powerful Solar Eclipse on December 19 conjunct the Galactic Center, shifting of the Mean Nodes into Taurus-Scorpio (December 23), and the final Saturn-Uranus square (December 24).
What this means is that you need to look before you leap. Assess a situation before you engage with it, no matter how triggered you are. Take basic precautions at the physical level and in your living space or workspace and make sure basic safety standards are met.
Is it worth having a conversation with someone who wants to drain your resources?
Is it time to place that bathmat on the super slippery floor you’ve been sliding on for a bit?
Is it time to call in an electrician and check the wiring?
Is it wise to take a break from social media if you feel overwhelmed?
It is time to call your doctor or healthcare provider and check out that weird feeling you get in your gut?
Do you really want to cook with the weird-smelling fish?
Can you get a mechanic to check out that weird sound in the engine before going on a trip?
Generally speaking:
Think things through and have a practical failsafe if you’re dealing with particularly tricky people, processes or things. This is not the best time to be taking massive risks without doing a full assessment first.
Don’t believe everything you hear just because someone in authority says it: Take it on board and process first.
Some of you may be in the role of the victim, and some of you may be playing the role of Thereus (or switching).
Be aware of the influence you have upon the people you interact with. Truth isn’t always comfortable, but there’s a big difference between making people aware of what they’re doing (which they may not like) versus feeding off their energy or resources.
I can only provide you with information that can help you prevent something avoidable. It is your choice if you want to respond to it with fear or to be proactive about it. That’s very different from trying to ‘ hook ‘ you into a particular response for my benefit. You can of course explore this further in a session, or leave a contribution for my time – but that’s not why I’m sharing this information. It can honestly save lives and that’s why it’s important. .
Engage in conversations only if you feel your energy will be respected or if you have to draw very key boundaries to protect yourself. Go in with a support group to help you, especially in situations of potential violence – and have a safe space to be afterward (this particular question came up during the live – and I suspect there will be more people on a similar wavelength).
Pay attention now and manage your resources and boundaries in a practical way.
If you have shelter and resources to offer, do so in a balanced way.
If you are giving a gift, do so freely and without strings attached.
If you are offering a loan or a service, ensure your boundaries and terms are accepted and respected.
Be honest. Do not over-give, and do not be comfortable with purely taking, even in the name of ‘service’ or ‘the soul mate’ or ‘the path’.
Dates are given in terms of UTC. Far more detail in the video.
How you respond to these alignments now will also influence how you deal with the massive shifts of energy coming at the end of the year.
As the author of this work, I do not accept any liability arising from any and all potential effects from issuing or reading this work in any way. Anything communicated here is not intended to replace professional legal, medical, psychological, psychiatric, or financial counsel. How you choose to act on this information is up to your own free will, and you agree to be responsible for whatever consequences arise from your actions. Use your common sense first.
I will assert my legal right over my work should these clauses be violated in any way for any reason. Always use common sense first and reach out if in doubt.
Dr. Bairavee Balasubramaniam PhD: The Sky Priestess 